I think they are completely aware of the problems they cause. They are engaged in Cloward-Piven tactics to completely collapse the economic structure of the US. What they are blind to is the fact that utopia will not and cannot result if they are successful.
I don't think all of them are aware. Many just appeared to be non-thinking protester zombies following orders for pay working at the instructions of paid Soros' activist trainers. I reviewed hundreds of hours of protester videos and observed how they operate. There were the zombies who just marched and parroted what they were told to while they were being led by activist leaders who were out of the camera's view most of the time. They were like conductors with a marching orchestra similar to a marching band. There were props people who worked with makeup people and costume designers that would dress people up to make thm look diverse to give the imression that "everyone" hated Trump. Often you would see white females with hijabs and standard Muslim apparel who obviousy weren't convincing. Then you had the social media folks and camera operators who worked closely together to prepare footage, news / blogs, and memes to upload to websites everywhere and /or send their old college buddies who are now working for well known media organizations like Disney and ABC. I also noted many of the protesters and "leaders" knew each other and attended the same colleges and communicated with other Soros' activist groups like MoveOn.org and the BLM. So my conlusion was that the protesters and their "leaders" were all being paid to stage the protests but that there were higher paid activist leaders and specialists and then lower paid non-thinking "zombies" who we're just there primarily for the money. I don't think the zombies filled comprehended the consequences of their action but then again that sounds like one of the major traits for all liberals...