Great points. I'll add that one of the things that disconnects people so severely from ever questioning the government is ACCURATE depictions of their evils in films. The CIA and the Federal government are FREQUENTLY the evil antagonists in movies. But because people see them as the antagonist in a MOVIE, and they know movies aren't REAL, they dismiss the notion that the CIA, FBI, and the rest of the Federal Government truly is corrupt.
Great points. I'll add that one of the things that disconnects people so severely from ever questioning the government is ACCURATE depictions of their evils in films. The CIA and the Federal government are FREQUENTLY the evil antagonists in movies. But because people see them as the antagonist in a MOVIE, and they know movies aren't REAL, they dismiss the notion that the CIA, FBI, and the rest of the Federal Government truly is corrupt.
It's a brilliant propaganda technique.