It was an Insidious Happening

It was well in-place by the time the People spoke up.

Oh, there were some who knew of the Plan for a decade or two
before it bubbled up in the nation's consciousness.
The Hundredth Monkey principle at work, if you will.
Mountain of evidence for the Plan's agenda finally came out.
People chose to downplay or totally dismiss its lethality.
Basically, it all came out thanks to the net,
for the most part.