scapegoating

His films, particularly 'Salò', brutally deconstruct power structures and the scapegoating of marginalized bodies within systems of violence and corruption.

His socially conscious cinema consistently exposes how working-class individuals and welfare recipients are made scapegoats for systemic failures and economic inequality.

His films like 'Shoplifters' and 'The Truth' examine how society designates outsiders as moral scapegoats while ignoring structural injustices and complicity.