I totally in agreement with your line of thinking. I have heard an interesting theory and I think this applies to what you are trying to explain. Yes we crave for thing that makes sense that's why we keep on walking this path to our own doom.
The theory
For me the thing that mostly dictates why we allow this destruction of ourselves and the ones around us is because we don't know. In ancient times people were manipulated through knowledge. If you knew something as simple as when the next eclipse would take place you could make people believe you are a god.
Although not as easily seen today there are tons of things out there, live changing things that no one knows about and we are manipulated like in the ancient times.
I do not agree with everything David Icke has to say but the information presented is astonishing!
Let me know what you think.