@wdlindsy We already have such groups. This is how people are. You can present most people with facts which criticise their various allegiances and they will not budge, whilst believing they are driven by ethics.
The difference here is the scale and the introduction of a new authoritarian leader.
No politicians have understood or championed the data privacy which would be needed to stop this development. They’ve paved the way for sociopaths and will now be shocked when they take that path.