It’s been going on forever too. In the 80s I used to get in arguments with my super-lefty anarchy-flirting whatever-the-next-radical-trend friends. I was like, ok guys this is all fun - yes the US sucks - but we can at least agree we have more freedom here than the USSR, right? They sneered at me and told me not to be so naive. Always the sneer. Clever people know it is all a lie.