Human nature is dark and we love ganging up on outgroups. When a socially acceptable way to do so emerges, we go all in and really bad stuff happens. People int

Human nature is dark and we love ganging up on outgroups. When a socially acceptable way to do so emerges, we go all in and really bad stuff happens. People intentionally or though emergent behavior channel this desire for their own power. That's what's happened in the past and that's what's happening here.