I'm starting to believe that it's really the propagandist that control and maintain a pseudo-reality (that we call modern society) that keep the masses confused and ignorant. They have been the masters of the system and creators of tales and history throughout time. Writing and editing what we believe is history. Writing the science fiction and tales of what the "future" will be. Suspending disbelief to the point people accept their narrative. Casting the ensemble of figureheads that put on the show and that they keep the focus directed on.
The great writer Rod Serling started his writing career writing customer "testimonials" for advertisers at a television station he originally worked at as an example. It's interesting that when he hit the television business he was making 100x what the average writer was getting.
I was fascinated by Napoleon and started looking into his history. I figured that he had to have something positive considering the European banksters mobilized and funded several nations to march millions of men to destroy Napoleon's last effort, which had only 80,000 soldiers. But when one starts looking into Napoleon's history, he too was a benefactor of a propaganda campaign. I now believe he was supported in a way to become an earlier version of ISIS... and performed a similar role in Europe, just 200 years earlier.
Further back the English crown sent out bairds to collect and write down local tales and legends. They then twisted those tales over time to benefit their own situations and power bases.
Propaganda is a very powerful tool that has demonstrated how much control can be derived from it and teaching people the methods to find truth and understanding the necessity of creating trusting relationships and organizations is really our only long term defense.
It's no mistake that money flows readily to PR firms, media and advertising. The Bankers know where to invest the medium.
I'm also very interested in Napoleon, and he certainly was a master of propaganda. He founded his own "magazine" giving glowing and exaggerated reports of the battles he led. I suspect he had at least one secret society behind him too.