It makes a great deal of difference whether it is malice or propaganda. If it's propaganda, they can be persuaded to hold opposite views from one day to the next. Like when they were cheering for Obama saying that the 1980s want their foreign policy back, and now thirst for war with Russia.

These people worship power, which is something malicious in and of itself, but it's no more than that. It's giving them too much respect to suggest otherwise.