For sure. It's very narcissistic. These illusions are in place to keep us in check and we buy into them, but then we are mistreated in a perpetual cycle of abuse. The illusion misdirects us into a false sense of security from these institutions, the same way an abuser will give their victims a false sense of security. Love bombing us with promises they have no intention to keep. Then slowly taking away from us our rights and freedoms, coercing us into doing things out of fear of punishment. They put us down and call us crazy when we try to speak up and stand up for ourselves. They create problems where there are none, make us believe we are the problem and come up with a solution that we must abide to in order to escape punishment, in order to earn our place, and they are hence the saviours of the world.

Yes, waking up from narcissistic abuse, also woke me up to government manipulation. It's a shame so many people don't see it, and I do not wish the same ordeals I had to go through on anyone. I hope there is a way to get people to be "woke" (as the kids say these days) without them having to go through such suffering and torment.