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Groups of human beings, whether nations or tiny tribes, behave like single-celled animals. Stimulus, response. Engulf and devour, or die.
It is so fundamental to the human condition that only since the Second World war that more than a tiny number of people have even noticed and objected. The soft-hearted sentimentality of Westerners will be our downfall.
The proper response to the question that started this thread is something along the lines of "because we could, do you have a problem with that?" or "why not?" or "mu."