This is why you need a recreational nuke. You gotta fight the storm with the power of nuclear.
I know you meant to have an /s but for anyone who has this suggested to them:
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/C5c.html.
Its a good read.
You know what?! I think you are on to something. They need a person to represent their enemy. Someone to be that strawman. This gives them the surreal idea that they can shoot and kill that enemy. Somehow that is the only way they can make their “common sense” make sense. If problems are too big or complex, they can’t rationalize it. Blaming everything they consider bad on a person is a perfect solution.
This is why minorities are a prime scape goat for politicians.
Why be mad at some faceless corporation/politician, when you can blame the world’s issues on Garry that you see in the supermarket?
Who is this Gary? I hate him already.