Progress (always?) seems to be dependent on the lowest common denominator. Those who are asleep, willingly ignorant, in denial, and/or ok with the cr-p that's been going on for years/decades/centuries have allowed it to thrive and have been the primary hindrance to ending it.

It will take/has taken the Truth getting exposed over and over and over again in many different ways for YEARS until the majority of The People are FINALLY sufficiently aware of it/fed up with the madness so that action to deal with it/end it is mandated/supported. Hopefully, we are "there" or very close to it.