I heard stories of recruits in the Military thinking that sucking up to the drill instructors and trying to be teachers pets basically was going to get them special favors. Never worked out that way, in fact it only got worse for them, but yet it persists.
I think these idiots reek of the same low level IQ and inability to read a room or understand history. And that's how they end up thinking they are somehow going to get passed over when the feds do a sweep.