Are the masses that brainwashed and stupid? Can no one think for themselves anymore?

For awhile, I was thinking this.

I have to imagine though that the one thing the DS never accounted for was the idea that just because technology links everyone, doesn't mean there aren't a lot of people who have already abandoned the notion that these big tech platforms are even worth using.

In other words, they've created an echo chamber so seemingly big that they actually have no real way of measuring how small it actually is.