I think that's a component of it. I think it's a sort of attitude that's encouraged by the culture there. There seems to be an attitude of "don't care if it's right or not, as long as it hurts the 'others' and makes me money". Believe it or not, this isn't a universal all around the world.
Unfortunately I don't think we even have words for this. For example, "militarized" which you used encompasses an enormous set of customs, values, abilities, etc. Is there a single word or couple of words that could be used to refer to what I described above?
