Bottom line is the population knew. Other people were defying it. But the population went along with it anyway. They basically ALLOWED themselves to be damaged. Now they want to blame the 'perpetrators'? They need to look in the mirror. You really want to solve this problem? Blame those who went along with it. Certainly if they want revenge it's going to have to come from them. So they might as well be blaming themselves and demanding themselves do something about it.