For the most part, they've realised that being able to code-switch from "Angry" to "Frail, Frightened and In Need of Rescue" on a dime can be weaponised.

It's no shock that most of these people are white women. They know they can get their way by playing the victim like a virtuoso whenever the right kind of authority figure turns up. This gives them the kind of power that goes straight to the head.

Heaping lashings of privilege and money are also contributors.