Understand centaurs are from Greek mythology, not real creatures.

Mythical Origin

Centaurs are often depicted as wild, so this connotation may color the context.

Character Traits

Centaurs commonly appear in fantasy books, movies, and games.

Fantasy Genre

 while the unemployed, the poor are made to prove themselves worthy for the state's help, are morally disciplined, are stigmatized as irresponsible or passive or lazy or often criminalized. In Latvia, we've had such a Centaur state model

Why do we blame...

 which had ravaged many fields. Advised by the wise centaur Chiron, Hercules trapped it by chasing it into thick snow. For the fifth task, there were no animals, just their leftovers.