meh….I doubt any one either overestimated the goodness nor the badness with which they were dealing. Rather a plotted course needed to be identified front and center so that Good and Bad could be identified (first_ then the p(playbook) developed based on past and present actions. FUTURE proves PAST is NOT based on any time traveling ability: it is simply predictive analytics.
These people are stupid is actually overestimating…they are beyond stupid./