I'd say that's the reasoning for states and countries to begin with; the group with the bigger stick.

What you're witnessing is people desiring to be outside of what is acceptable to those inside. The basis of that whole Jan6 debacle was that they felt the state (is: vote counting) did them wrong, and so they don't want to be in that group.

One group, state, country, splits into many others, where each now feel protected better by their in-group. It's a common thread throughout history.