Rose-colored glasses beat the glass inwards. Or - payment for illusions is a reality for which you are not prepared for. It is always surprising how people expect goodness and well-being from pathological liars, criminals, clinical sociopaths. It's like fish believing the fisherman that he came to feed them. They open wide their mouths for free money (or the promises of a populist), and then complain that they were gutted and fried. A healthy reaction to a freebie being shoved into your mouth is not salivation, but clenching your teeth so as not to swallow the hook