Most of the population is over-fed, over-entertained and over-drugged...how can you not call it an obvious distraction or domestication? I don't know that advertising itself is evil but they have figured out a way to monetize the perception of freedom of choice and make the act of buying/shopping like it is some sort of self expression. The average person has no savings but has a $600 phone, eats at restaurants every day, has a new car and a dwelling full of useless things that they were told to buy on Facebook. It's worrisome that the average person doesn't add enough value to the economy to deserve these things - which is the reason why someday soon the standard of living will drop in the USA.
People who call out conspiracy theorist types are interesting to me...their faith continues even after they've been mislead over and over. They have no more information than "CTers" (usually less) but they have blind trust in the story as it is presented. It's not a crime to think...yet.
People are not "over fed", they purposely eat too much, we are taught more is better, even with bodybuilding and drugs---look on here, when it comes to speculating about pros drug usage. True, we are over-entertained, and over drugged. And opoids are one of the drugs, did you not see the 60 Minutes expose on how Big Pharma beat the DEA? Most of what you said after that is generational and part consumerism as well.
Hardcore CTers tend to over think or don't know the inner workings of procedures, investigations, or the Feds, so only go by what is seen in movies, what is made up by others, or make it up as it goes. And use the fact that there have been other true conspiracies in the past. But everything is a conspiracy, everything that doesn't add up to them, or is jiving with their logic, is a conspiracy or government cover up. Basically they see conspiracies everywhere.
Patience, logic, understanding procedural issues, law enforcement and Fed investigation practices, common sense, and level-headedness, is what is needed.