[silverleaf]

This is what protects them

The unwillingness and inability of normal people to believe in the depravity

Then as wiki leaks shows they mock and make fun of everyone with their insider codes

[Twinkie]

The Depths of Satan. Most of us don’t even want to allow
any of that rotgut stuff into our realm of consciousness.
So, we pretend it just CAN’T be possible.

[Vision Thing]

The unwillingness and inability of normal people to believe in the depravity

It's one of the premises of the movie Eyes Wide Shut: the non-elites like us go ostrich in regards to the depravity of the elites.

When engaging the enemy, Jesus commanded us to be innocent as doves, but wise as serpents.

Those who have their eyes wide shut are only innocent as doves, and fail to carry out the rest of the command to be wise like serpents.