According to Nielsen ratings in 2017, the average American family spent 7 hours and 50 minutes per day watching TV. And what did that average American family get for selling nearly 8 hours a day of their time to the square screen? A mass state of hypnosis that has carved out social norms that are far from normal, far from healthy, far from financially beneficial and far from unconstrained.
If you want to know the level you have been psychologically controlled, check out this article:
https://www.beunconstrained.com/article/details/hypnosis-in-the-western-world
Good luck.