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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by u801e on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @10:57PM (#25667115)
This has always been a tendency for humankind:

1. Gangs

2. Ethnicity

3. Nationalism

4. Religion

Groups of people latch on to an ideology and act on whatever the leader tells them to do or what they see others do. You can observe this when looking at videos of riots or other mob like behavior.

Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by raxxorrax on Thursday January 07, 2021 @07:16AM (#25670164)
I doubt it, but the accusations of it drove people in opposition, especially those that did not care about it.

Of course not caring about it was decried as privilege. This was self-victimization to a large degree. People in western nations overwhelmingly did not care about any of these things anymore.