I predicted it in 1979, having experienced it firsthand. They were fewer back then, but they were out there.
Yeah but, did you really think they would get as big & influential as they did? I didn’t, because I didn’t believe that there were that many who would be stupid enough to fall for their nonsensical messages. Boy was I wrong, but then again those in the teaching profession declined sharply in knowledge and ability to impart knowledge, and I did not see that coming either since I was well out of school by then. Today I think a third grader could do as effective of a job as a lot of the teachers employed at the high school level. Now I am not indicting all teachers, just far too many of them.