[boredhedgehog]

This difference might be another instance of conflicting moral foundations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_foundations_theory).

The painting is ours; it's concrete, and something beautiful threatened by chaotic, lawless vandalism. That some vague 'humanity', or a potential threat to some distant country in some distant future is more important than that will appear obvious only to the group with the reduced set of moral foundations.