That pretty much sums it up correctly!
That’s what happens when your “independent media” is just state propaganda.
Our main hope is that they start to get so absurd and monotonous that everyone just laughs them off, like in the USSR.
That may take a while with the majorly brainwashed young adults we have (I’m 30, I can’t tell you how ridiculous it is to talk to people with “educations” about real facts!). They are putting their head in the sand and HOPING the real world just goes away. If they FEEL it should be someway, it just WILL be that way, they think.
Sad but I don’t see a way out of this mess.
And I feel badly for anyone in your cohort who hasn't found a nice warm spot at the public trough...