You're right, and wrong.
Right that "the populations are completely oblivious", you nailed it dead center.
But it's hard to blame people for that when they are fed poo right from birth, and are saturated in it their entire lives.
Wrong that a dose of tyranny will fix anything; it never has. Look at all the major revolutions, the French, US, Russian - they all failed.
Not, if you accept the official story.
But in reality, the snakes sleazed in before the blood dried.
But there have been successes to varying degrees in some arenas. Cuba, Iran, contemporary Russia, Venezuela; there have been social improvements.
So it can be done.
But it takes perseverance and guts.
Speaking of which, what about you.
You're obviously intelligent, and perceptive - but defeated.
You need fire in your belly.
Have a look at Eleanor Goldfield in that link I gave you (Actup), Caitlin Johnstone, and tons of others.
If you lie down and roll over, that's what the fascists want.
Resistance is not futile, it's the only thing that works.
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