When people saw politicians doing what they like along with celebs and zero happening they took the view of WTF should I follow the rules when everybody else doesn't.
People do but they insist that those making the rules also follow them. When they don't people take the FU option on rules and apply their own.
That's a cop out to just do what you want and not what you know is right. As my Mum would say, if "Dominic put his hand in the fire, would you?"