>>96052942
When the evil cult Actually Does Magic, and makes your harvest big, or summons a bag of gold into your hands, or makes your old hag mother in law die mysteriously so you can inherit her money, people suddenly become far more willing to turn a blind eye to unsavoury business

Don't forget, large swathes of the human population even right now are making it loud and clear that they're willing to sacrifice their own wellbeing just for the sake of spiting those they see as enemies - not much different when you're like "ye sure Cthulhu can come as long as Those Fuckers get it worse" than being willing to wage war and take economic ruin just for the same end