I agree with everything you said here, I recently read Sapiens by Harari, a historian. The book inspired a lot of random learning by introducing concepts previously alien to my thought paths, I always appreciate a little disruptive learning. I was taught that human evolution was sequential, but evidence points to concurrent human species competing for dominance, homo sapiens eventually besting all others for a variety of reasons, Harari postulates that shared fiction was likely the strongest factor in this success. I think it is one of the reasons “we” are so susceptible to correlated psychological manipulation, the limiting factor was distribution, leaflets etc, but in the modern world everyone has the ministry of truth in their pocket. Scary times.