Manipulation of the masses has been going on for many years. Yet we continue to be manipulated. However, it is part of our maturity to realize what is right and what is not.
From a very young age, we are programmed to listen and behave well. Rewarding those who don't speak, those who follow the rules, etc.
We live in a world of repression. But our voices are heard through social networks, the internet, globalization and history, it makes us see what is right and what is not.
Sooner or later governments will fall.
The important thing is to learn from experience and not repeat the same mistakes.
Thanks for sharing 
Welcome brother jadams2k18
Right what you affirm, we realize all this tangle of manipulation as we mature and our mind opens to other things, then we have an open mind to realize and see those who still live entangled in this macabre game
Yes, fortunately today we have means that help us to know and spread our truth and the reality of things.
Thanks for coming friend, great comment.
Pr EV
You're welcome my friend
Dear @jadams2k18
Excellent comment. Would you mind if I ask you a question?
Let's say that people would fight for "freedom" and they would win. Whatever that would actually mean. Let's say that we would manage to free ourselfs from current authorities.
Wouldn't you think that lack of some central authorities would always create "power vacum" and many local warlords / politicians would try to take advantage of situation.
Yours
Piotr
Hellos my dear friend!
That is a good question
I think that by our very nature, we'll wait for someone to get up and take control. Just as in Kings (the Bible), people expected someone to get up and that was who they were following. In the end, we are sheep, creatures of habit. We need to follow someone.
Cheers