But as far as the story goes I would not put it past corporations to try to continue controlling the masses.
They have been doing it for years, and even getting caught.
I take in what works for me and discard everything else.
This is how we mostly operate, isn't it? The problem is that these days we can filter (or they can) out pretty much anything that goes against us until we are living in a bubble.
So how should we operate? Is, "as a man thinket..." a wrong mindset?
Not much we can really do except learn how our hardwiring works and perhaps avoid the manipulations the best we can.