Most of the time I think the people that are so bothered by what happens even just 100 miles from where they live, that something just has to be done are the real concern.
I’ll give something of a pass for thinking it every now and again after a say a hurricane or something. If it’s a regular thing? That’s dangerous. That’s the sort of logic that justifies doing a lot of bad things for “the right reasons” so the people doing it can think of themselves as the good guys.