It did not dawn on them at the time that they were going to get damned along with everyone else.
That’s one part of “burn this bitch down” they haven’t quite gotten clear on. Of course, they can always get Section 8 Housing when they burn their own homes down, and SBA loans for the businesses they torched. It’s a no risk proposition. Well, not quite no risk. There’s that thingy about bullets coming back at them.