Looks like we have traded places with the counter-revolutionaries of the 1960s. Your last sentence jarred loose the lyrics of an old WHO song deep-sixed in my mind that has some relevancy here:
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
No, no!
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss