The proposal that your unhappiness can be cured by blaming a minority and treating them cruelly is made afresh to each new generation. It has never worked but that never seems to stop people falling for it ...

@Natasha_Jay Sadly, cruelty to minorities often works for those who use it to gain or hold power. It's a significant part of #Tory politics, both the broken #BlueTories and the currently ruling #RedTories 😞

It doesn't cure the unhappiness, but that deficiency is remedied by finding a new target.

Cruelty to the jobless failed? Hurt the migrants.

Kicking migrants leave you still unhappy? Freeze some pensioners.

Still miserable? Destroy trans lives.

And so on.