The scapegoat mechanism works by diversion; the more we see it in others, the less we can see it in ourselves.

In truth, blame is just another one of the negative programs that we have allowed our mind to buy because we never stopped to question it. Why must something always be someone’s “fault”? Why must the whole concept of “wrong” be introduced to the situation in the first place? Why must one of us be wrong, bad, or at fault? What seemed like a good ide

So why do we pursue them? The same reason we always do self-destructive things when we are unhappy but unable to change our circumstances: distraction.