I don’t think so, this is not a cultural war, evil will try to penetrate every system.
Of course it will be more difficult in a transparent system
The source is common sense, same way I know that they turn off the lights at night.
They can do it, they have the incentive to do it, there is nobody to tell them not to do it
I 100% guarantee you that any Apple product is collecting your data and squeezing as much profit as possible out of it. Why? well, Why not!
I am a metaphysicist studying meta jokes
Think of it as the society being the victim. The clearest example is when Trump started talking about Fake News. The goal is to devoid words of meaning, to reason based only on emotional attachment, to eliminate critical thinking. This guy follows the same strategy.
Below a definition of gaslighting, I think it applies pretty well to the kind of society these people are leaving behind: