Those criminals know exactly what they're doing, and why.
The ecoterrorists are devoted to the goal of completely de-industrializing the United States, and the Rodents stealing high political office are perfectly fine with making those people happy, so long as they get paid.
The Party of Abortion certainly can't care about the number of elderly who are going to die. They want the old to die. Old people are less likely to vote Rodent. And their wealth can't be taxed until they're dead.