There are people that destroy things with no benefit to themselves or do things that hurt themselves just because it hurt who they consider to be “the right people.”
It’s like shouting into the void expecting an echo. If you can’t change the world for the better at least leave a mark. At least that was how I felt trashing a park bench when I was 13. It’s probably the same trail of thought.
The primary goal is to show off how much of a team member they are, by picking on some “other”. It strengthens their ties to their group, by having an enemy to unite against.
There are people that destroy things with no benefit to themselves or do things that hurt themselves just because it hurt who they consider to be “the right people.”
It’s like shouting into the void expecting an echo. If you can’t change the world for the better at least leave a mark. At least that was how I felt trashing a park bench when I was 13. It’s probably the same trail of thought.
It’s just tribalism
The primary goal is to show off how much of a team member they are, by picking on some “other”. It strengthens their ties to their group, by having an enemy to unite against.