The Managed Mind
This article by William Murphy does an excellent job of identifying how reality has been bought up by private equity and sold at fireside prices to IT monopolies. I would also suggest you might look at my article, “How the Super-Rich Destroy Our Minds”
Yep. This is directly connected as to why some nation-states (Japan and America being prime examples) do not want a multilingual working-class population, and why others (E.U. 'health passports') do not want international travelers other than the Epstein-Davos class.
Here is a good example of what happens when the Veil of Maya begins to slip ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq-0Aua0uOs
One could say that "curated" cognitive dissonance is a coping mechanism. 🤔