Absolutely right. It is astounding, to me, how many in the U.S. are completely in the dark about all this. Very decent people, well educated, who don't recognize the "news" as propaganda. The U.S. never recovered from the Vietnam war, never faced the duplicity, never had the chance to forgive those who never admitted the lying and stupidity. The country has been in decline ever since. Those who might have made a difference sold out. Lying has become a cultural hallmark. Cheating is how you get ahead. Etc. Eating the seedcorn. Way out in the country, where living is hard, there are still pockets of community that live by the old rural ways, where a person's word is his/her bond, and so on. I'm guessing that Australia is on a similar path but maybe not quite so far along. Here in the U.S., even in especially progressive areas, you are either in despair or your head is in the sand.
Thanks for telling the truth.