> Honestly this is because an enormous segment of the population has offloaded their critical thinking skills and moral evaluation to large media conglomerates,

> Honestly this is because an enormous segment of the population has offloaded their critical thinking skills and moral evaluation to large media conglomerates, who mostly serve the interests of those at the top who would not benefit from these things. Gramscian Hegemony, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_hegemony https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_hegemony