I think people have been awake to certain things for a very long time. For me it was the medical industry as a whole. Being a nurse wakes you up to the fact the whole medical industry is a fraud. I learned that back in the early 80's as a new nurse. I didn't last long in the field. When you know, you know. That said, there's so much awakening we all have to go through because we're all exposed to different lessons along our life's journey. We can't be awake about everything. All we can do is share what we know, what we've learned, and hope others listen. As far as the others around me, I honestly think they've hit a road block. It's like the phases of terminal cancer, anger, denial, and then acceptance and making the plans for their departure. I kinda feel like they're going through that process. Right now, they're in the anger, denial, bury their head in the sand, hoping for someone to make it all go away so they don't have to deal with it.