Economically, they’re just satisfying a demand.
Look at how desperate people are in the Breaking Threads here for the name of the perp, and any information about them (particularly when the information serves whatever political/religious/drug axes they wish to grind).
“Economically, they’re just satisfying a demand.”
Good point. If so the unintended consequences are working out for our Dear Leaders.
People here want to know the name so they can crow when it’s Ahmed or Mohammed, and groan when it’s Bob Smith.