You need to read Chris Hedges' Empire of Illusion! :-) 👍
It is a critical piece of knowledge that every American needs to have and are probably not getting.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6577631-empire-of-illusion
https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Illusion-Literacy-Triumph-Spectacle/dp/1568586132
Or you can watch him read some of it! :-) In fact, you should probably do both.