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Absolutely. Just see the folks flying Southwest pretending they need wheelchairs so they get the first choice in seats. Very few people would've done something like that 20-30 years ago. Now, it's 20-30 people per flight. We've lost empathy and there is no willingness to be a functional part of society... they don't think past themselves.
I used to fly WN quite a bit when I lived near BWI, particularly in the late 90s-early 00s. The pre-boarding shenanigans went on then; we called it "The Lourdes effect"--get on the plane pretending to be crippled, then get off the plane "cured". Sometimes as many as 50 people availed themselves of pre-boarding. To their credit WN tried to put a stop to this.