The most popular show in 2010s was Game of Thrones which is all about people vying for power. Same for some other shows like House of Cards and Breaking Bad.
Could GOT have been a psyop to condition to people into being power hungry freaks? Or was its popularity in part because people already had totalitarian instincts?
It's a good thing that one of the most popular shows right now the Mandalorian is actually pro freedom. Probably inadvertently since it was inspired by Westerns and therefore carried some of their themes. But some of the kids watching it now may just end up being freedom friendly people down the road.
Democracy is definitely flawed, this is the problem human beings have struggled with for a millennium because there's no way to avoid the pitfalls, or the temptation for some to get rid of it because of its flaws instead of keep it because of its strengths. The people who supported kings and queens back in the day weren't all idiots, there were pros and cons to letting illiterate peasants pick the leader and they focused on the cons.