Probably a combination of factors. On social media at least it's mostly just botnets unleashed by the UK Intelligence Services to reinforce whatever propaganda they want disseminated with regards to the Ukraine conflict. Probably a degree of "Manchurian Candidate" ie Mk Ultra conditioning that can make normal people do pretty much whatever without question, being implemented on a limited basis.

I have more to add, but suffice it to say yes something is deeply wrong on all levels of society particularly in the Western States. I did notice completely different behavior in the some NATO members after the April I think, summit was weird.

What I'm curious about is why some people are "immune" to it and can just observe without negative side effects of whatever is occurring.