Have you considered that, too, may be as manipulative as our media?
Then there is our entire system of education, which instead should be called indoctrination. This is *also* by design.
I was *so lucky* to have been given the resources I needed in life and public school - that fed apple 2e and later og Macintosh the librarians had to pry me off, and all the books at maybe too young and age. What if everyone got a shot like I did? I'm nobody special :)