The citizens are in a hypnotic state. The normies get their information from the deep state Mockingbird Media, and from Facebook. Both are tightly controlled by the deep state.

The media has long become adept at mental programming. They use simple techniques such as repetition (The walls are closing in, It is the beginning of the end for Trump), but also more advanced Mockingbird techniques such as carefully programmed pauses and expressions of disgust.

I believe that social media such as facebook uses AI to organize people's feeds in a similar fashion. Everybody gets a customized presentation organized by advanced AI to appear like a simple feed, but is actually trying to get people to follow the accepted deep state narrative.

This is why it is so hard to reach them with facts and memes.