It depends on people going along with whatever they are told. The media promotes a cultivated stupidity as a posture that is not only acceptable but laudable. Kinda like Al Gore saying he created the Internet. On equal footing with stupidity for what keeps the money in circulation these days. Everyone's made to feel like a big shot, whether they can come up with the goods or not.
Solipsism can be dangerous to most people.
You might have read in these pages the fact that you should assume that people will go along with how you feel, and how you think. Although this would be a perfect world, it's just not so. Projecting your reactions, responses, and sensibilities onto someone else who is probably far less attuned that you are. It is the mistake of expecting people to give you the same consideration, courtesy, and respect that you naturally give them. If someone kicks you, kick them harder.