arrests didn't happen, it was quite clear that this was not real at all, it was propaganda. An endless stream of excuses that they have to change stuff was very telling.
This is similar to religious movements, in that people are given big promises and told to believe, and as predictions come out false, excuses are made and people accept them
for psychological reasons. Typically they build so much of their lives on the promises that they start to make up excuses for their messiah. I have seen this first hand.
