>>16078980They play the role of the “Nazi” of the standard-american narrative. They are basically what Satanists are in Christian countries. It is grounded in utter spite against society. The outcasts who want to feel the village's warmth by burning it down.
Of course, if you look at how the Nazis took over Germany back in the day, they were not the ones shooting random places up, they were the ones who were defending the innocents against the violence of the red mob and even let themselves be unjustly become political prisoners of the democratic regime for the sake of advancing the movement.