"...but the real problem is a gullible, lazy population and that hasn't changed since at least VJ Day." Exactly! And, that is why IIAs are so effective.  We want to believe that there are powerful counter forces fighting against the evils of the DS.  We need to believe that. If there are not, we have no hope. We are always searching for hope from somewhere. It is built in to the very fiber of our being.