I mean, they must know how much the public mocks them, right? What are the odds they’re actively trying to make everything worse as a Jokerfied “I’m taking the whole world out with me.” kind of thing?
Just a random tin foil hat thought, don’t take this too seriously
I think they believe in a zero sum earth and if it weren’t them it would be someone else. They don’t hate people per se, they just don’t see it as their problem.