@EmptyWords They could be falling victim to their own propaganda, though in my opinion, Being X is subtly corrupting people's minds to fuel the war to continue harassing Tanya. As an example of this:
I've read up to volume 8 and so far there is no obvious proof of this so it's just my speculation.
I didn't understand fully what happened in that Hanekawa sequence. Episode tossed the cross at her to kill her or to scare her? The ghost pushed her to save her or kill her?
there's probably an idiom that's suitable here. the closest one I can think of is 'you reap what you sow' but that doesn't seem sufficient for some reason.
The history of China is filled with great men uniting the land and incompetent men destroying it. A sad circle that plagues almost all kingdoms and empires of earth's history.
Then they all get jobs with conflicting work times and never have time to all get together and eventually lose touch as they start their own families and their friendships slowly but surely starts to die off...