There is such a level of shameless cunning, sir, at which a person foresees changes even before they have occurred, and thanks to this he adapts to them much faster than anyone else.

Moreover, the most sophisticated scoundrels adapt to them even before these changes take place ... All changes in the world occur exclusively thanks to this group of the most sophisticated scoundrels. Because in fact, they do not foresee the future at all, but shape it, crawling to where, in their opinion, the wind will blow. After that, the wind has no choice but to really blow from this place.

Why is this?

After all, I have explained to you that I am talking about the most vile, sneaky and shameless scoundrels. So do you really think that they will not be able to convince everyone else that the wind is blowing exactly from where they crawled?

V. Pelevin