People have no idea what's coming because people in general haven't been kept up to date on the state of the art of subjects like thought reform, malign influence, coercion, or torture.
As such they often hold opinions that are not based in fact on reality, and instead are based on false belief making them even more susceptible.
Can people even be people if they lack rationality? Human's are much more closer to animals when those people cannot use reason.
States have been astroturfing internet for a long time. It’s gotten exponentially worse since the Ukraine and Gaza wars though.