Look up trauma bonding and conditioning, Stockholm syndrome is too vague in my opinion but I agree, we are suffering from deliberate manipulation to control and dumb us down. Our social system has all the signs of an abusive cult and with globalization it is spreading like black mold.
https://www.abuseandrelationships.org/Content/Communal%20Abuse/communal_abuse.html
Excellent Reply <3 Our social system has all the signs of an abusive cult and with globalization it is spreading like black mold.