I think they used to be , even if you didn’t agree with them , you kind of respected them .
These days they just come across as self serving , nasty people
Oh well
Think it’s more likely we’ve grown up a little and now see through the bullshit more readily.
But, there is also truth to your words, they are truly ethically lobotomised people nowadays, exactly fitting this dystopian reality we find ourselves experiencing in these times.