I believe it's all orchestrated bullshit.
Pitting people against each other keeps them consumed in conflict rather than focused on dismantling the systems that created that competition. Keep people in fear, anger, and confusion, and they're easy to manipulate. It's a very effective form of control and seems so obvious we're seeing it played out now! Everywhere you look it's Team A vs. Team B.
It is way more confusing and bizarre to start peeling back the layers for the truth of what's really going on...