Couple thoughts:
- Propaganda is propaganda
- Love conquers all. You can not force someone to believe in a political ideology nor an economic system, the systems have to work for the widest swath
- They REALLY do have influence in the schools and most other forms of Government
- Missed Signs - just as the global shift away from Economies based on Colonization created several violent independence movements, so too will the fall an Econ based solely on the expansion of Debt
- Scary Version - True Believers ascend to prominence and carry with them a chosen puppet, while another pair are separately ahead on the road. All three would use the foibles of the corrupt other side of the political coin to bankrupt the nation, raise the burden on the people, and engage in decades of needless war. Though through endless bread and circuses, and the promotion of petty bickering amongst the people, they kept folks fed and otherwise distracted; meanwhile they liberated women and educated the People's children. A populist was elected and the violence picked up as a means of leverage. Then the True Believers allowed themselves to be revealed as criminals who had defrauded the nation, only to be tried in a corrupt Court and thereby destroying its image as a means of redress. Meanwhile, the Dollar fell like a rock and depression set in. That is the kind of moment that a True Believer seeks.