The league of shadows are straw an-prims or anarcho-nihilists, or a non-straw version of whatever this anarcho-warhammerist people think they"re doing. Remember the "some men just want to watch the world burn" line. Nolan thinks a desire to change anything is inherently incomprehensible.a

The third movie was Nolandoing anti-Occupy propaganda on behalf of the Capitalists. Just straight up, no complexity - "these people who want banks held accountable for making their lives worse are evil and insane"