I think a lot of it boils down to people wanting to be right. Which isn't anything new, but in the past if you had an opinion and it wasn't right or it was flawed, there was no one to support you and most of the time people realized nobody cared and they moved on. Now, all you have to do is post on social media and you have thousands of people agreeing with you and validating you. Whether what you believe or feel is accurate or not. I think those momentary gods and false validations can be paired together.