Tyranny has always required scapegoats.
You are correct. It is a ploy whereby those not targeted “this time” breath a sigh of relief and think little of those under the thumb of the state.
The left here in America is using this ploy against MAGA just as they did the Tea Party movement during the Obama years.
This is an interesting piece. Well written and makes a cogent comparison to some very dark days of human history.