>working as intended then ?

Yes... the whole of education is to make society ignorant of reality.

See here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYFxtNgOeiI

Then below...

Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. Science on reasoning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmi0DLzBdQ

Protectionism for the rich and big business by state intervention, radical market interference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHj2GaPuEhY#t=349

Manufacturing consent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwU56Rv0OXM

https://vimeo.com/39566117

"Intended as an internal document. Good reading to understand the nature of rich democracies and the fact that the common people are not allowed to play a role."

Crisis of democracy

http://trilateral.org/download/doc/crisis_of_democracy.pdf

Education as ignorance

https://chomsky.info/warfare02/

Testing theories of representative government

https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/fi...