Like you said, they mostly dont lie. Mostly they ommit important facts. My mom always says like a Robot 'Ich zahle gerne die GEZ, denn wir brauchen unabhängige Medien'. Independent Media where every second journalist is in a political party, ofc none part of the AfD?
I believe as well we are at a turning point. I see 3 Options: Becoming China/1984, Mad Max Post Apocalypse/Nuclear War or a Libertarian Utopia powered by the internet.
I see a combination of 1984 and libertarian utopia. The people who are rich or have sought-after skills or are just clever emigrate from worsening countries (EU) and choose freer countries or some kind of nomadic lifestyle. This exacerbates the situation in their home countries, with more poverty, more authoritarianism, more violence…