Take a turn at the blame game? or, Is it all Johannes Gutenberg's fault?

This one’s my own invention and in fact a favorite of mine, infinitely entertaining and grimly satisfying. The idea is to figure out whose fault it all is.

Here’s an example:

It’s all Henry Ford’s fault. If he hadn’t invented cars, we wouldn’t need gasoline, and none of this would have happened.

The rules:

1. You don’t have to specify what “this” is, but it has to be recognizably part of the national and global mess we’re in.

2. You must show a clear chain of causality with at least two links.

3. It’s ok to play a little bit fast and loose with the facts as long as they serve a symbolic purpose; for example, “It’s all Hallmark’s fault. If they hadn’t told everybody they were special, we wouldn’t have entitlement, and none of this would have happened.”

4. You can’t use a fictitious character; for example, Eve, as in “It’s all Eve’s fault. If she hadn’t listened to the serpent and given Adam the apple, he wouldn’t have invented sin, and none of this would have happened.”

5. You can’t blame God. (See #4.)

Your turn.