Self-study
Democratic societies in which there is widespread discontent more often blame their politicians than they do other powerful figures who are at least as responsible for those societies' woes. ████ ██ ███ █████████ ███████ ███████████ ███ ████ ████████ ██ ██████ ████ ███ █████ ████████ ████████ ██████ ██ ██ ███████ ██████ ██ ██████████ █████████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ █████ ████ ███████████ ████ ████ ████ ████ █████ ████████ ████████
Summary
People in democratic societies more often blame politicians than they do other powerful figures who are at least as responsible for society’s problems. This is because people in democratic societies believe they have more power over politicians than powerful figures, not necessarily because politicians are more familiar.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
People are more likely to blame a person if they feel they have power over that person.
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We don’t know whether the public inaccurately perceives the level of power possessed by a group. We only know that the public is likely to blame politicians for society’s problems because the public believes they possess power over politicians.
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We don’t know whether people assign more power to a person that is familiar. We only know that the public is likely to blame politicians for society’s problems because the public believes they possess power over politicians.
c
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The argument concludes that politicians are more likely to be blamed by the public because of the public’s belief of possessing power over the politicians, not necessarily because the politicians are publicly known.
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We don’t know whether publicly known people are usually not sufficiently held responsible for problems. We only know key factors for the likelihood of the public to assign blame.
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The primary reason for the public to assign blame to a person is whether that person is someone the public feels they have power over.