I’m not going to pretend I know the future or anything, but I will say that, while this is a common series of events, #4 can absolutely go two different ways. Everyone loves a good underdog story, but I also wouldn’t say that winning is the most common outcome.

This was a popular refrain of Elizabeth Holmes too, which is fitting since she was also running a scam.

A useless generalization which you could apply to a lot of things or people. First, they ignored Trump, then they mocked him, then they fought him, then he won.

The point is that this only works when the truth is on your side. “They” are understood to be the dominant/incumbent forces, but the truth eventually wins.