of power, prestige, or property that their model possesses or is imagined to possess. They cannot obtain it, either because they cannot displace the model and acquire what he or she has or because the rivalry with others in the group is so in-tense that everyone prevents everyone else from succeeding. When this kind of situation occurs often enough, there is an accumulation of scandals to the point that those involved must "let off steam" or the social fabric will burst. Then all those involved in this tangle of rivalry turn their frustrated desire against a victim, someone who is blamed, who
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