Comment by lionkor

I wonder that, too. Surely, this is a fantastic opportunity to claim that it comes from whoever is declared evil right now, and force a harder us-vs-them mindset. If people don't have a clearly defined "evil bad guy" that is responsible for everything bad, how will you get teenagers to die for your country in war?

Or, in other words; maybe the nature of humans and the inherent pressure of our society to perform, to be rich, to be successful, drives people to do bad things without any state actor behind it?