It's already happening, I see moderators "downvote" me, I see moderators leave, another moderator comes in and deletes my posts for unclear reasons. I see moderators and posters interact on each others profile pages, I see the threads they tend to frequent, there's definitely a SJW clique on this forum, they don't have enough power to start outright banning people for speaking out of turn yet. But I think they are gradually working their way up the totem pole. They want more of their buddies in the power team.
Some of them might be lolcows on this site, and they just want to destroy this place from the inside. Some might just be trolls who get their kicks from destroying forums.