It’s amazing to see how far some people will take it

It is part of our conditioning. People feel justified in their own rationalizations often to the point of even doing destructive behavior. This is seen with addicts all the time. They justify what they are doing even though they are destroying everything around them, including themselves.

Fear is a power entity that we all deal with. We do not like to feel out of control. Nor are we too keen on someone else having more than us...especially if we perceive it as ill gotten gains. And when we are fearful, we tend to attack.

Nations do this all the time and the governments that wage this battles use propaganda as a means of getting the masses to support it. People justify it in their mind that they are doing the right thing...the old protagonist/antagonist. We need someone or something to hate...then we feel validated in engaging in destructive behavior.

Watch after the Superbowl or the NCAA finals....mobs do all kinds of crazy stuff and people feel justified in doing it.

So as amazing as it is, it is not surprising considering mankind's history.