Aren't we all brainwashed to a degree? We are just an amalgamation of the knowledge we are fed. Disinformation is necessary. To be a system buster takes constant effort and daily affirmations. My emotions get riled up through the media too, they are experts at their craft. Sometimes I just have to let those emotions and thought-waves out through the chans as do others. Only a handful of people know the full picture.
Rich people / criminals don't obey laws. Notice how for most crimes there is a simple fine? Steal 50 billion to pay a 50 million dollar fine, they already factored all of it in. All of them hire lawyers in the field that they break laws in to find loopholes or to mitigate and find out whatever punishment they are hit with if caught.
I think it's a natural cycle. Bad people fuck everyone over until there is no one left to fuck. Then they start fucking each other. We're at the part where they're lubing up their own assholes in preparation for the karmic tornado heading towards and up their assho.
I forget what the name of the effect was but 10% awake is enough to start the snowball. Many who follow Trump are still blind followers. Trump said himself that if he "could shoot someone in the middle of 5th ave and not lose voters". The man has power and influence; a Lion.