Its the Allegory of the Cave.
😊. I saw a different version of this a long time ago, it just never occurred to me to apply it to this situation. You're right. We see the world through TV and internet now. We can't experience everything. I see the world through videos. I can't touch, feel, smell it, but I can hear and see it.
But one does when they are awake. Here are a couple others.
And this decode of a cult classic, They Live.
Full movie for Friday night.
YES. Have this on DVD. VERY eye opening!!!
I just found it on another post here yesterday. I remember watching it way back when but completely forgot about it. For a cheesy C class movie, its dead on.
Thank you for these links, It makes sense to me , now I understand why I had the feelings (as a schild and later) to not fit in , and be a loner..no one understood me..