i see in this quote the meat of where the empire's citizens stand at this moment having taken in all of the lies the tv provides and accepting them as real. since the cia killed jfk they've been active in many areas creating much trouble that is explained away by 'our free press' so that most 'consumers' believe whatever they're fed, with 911 and the covid being the most recent and effective of the crimes against us;

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth.” – George Orwell, 1984

“Do we really wish to act upon our knowledge? Does a majority of the population think it worthwhile to take a good deal of trouble, in order to halt and, if possible, reverse the current drift toward totalitarian control of everything?” – Aldous Huxley