A recent article posted here, 1 born every minute: Study says Americans can't spot scams offers some insight to how easy it's been for the progressives by showing how easily we are fooled and scammed.
As an observer trying to understand the laws that govern the matrix we're in, I believe Proverbs 16:18 to be the controlling legal authority here and once the path is taken, it's just a matter of time:
Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
Fwiw, I only caught part of what that little voice in my head was just saying to me: "..seat backs and tray tables to their upright and locked positions..."