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This does sound a bit conspiracy-ish, but they do have a point. Whether it's intentional or not is debatable, but it sure is convenient for corpos
I would recommend a leisurely reading of Amusing Ourselves to Death (PDF) by Neil Postman
Amusing Ourselves to Death Wikipedia page
And just for fun (on the topic of conspiracy and psychological manipulation): The US mil/gov has been using memes and meme culture since AT LEAST 2009 as psyop
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1052398.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetic_warfare