Arrogance has it's limits, no matter how clever one imagines themselves.
Just because it's not in vogue doesn't mean people aren't doing it somewhere.
There is a certain ideology which imagines they can get away with anything so long as they maintain silence and adhere to a set of basic principles, as they have never before witnessed their own receiving karmic punishment for what they do.
This is only due to the fact that none of their own ever survive after attempting to pull back the curtain and turn that final key.