I believe people in power have been retroactively changing history through data manipulation. This is why a lot of things seem out of place in the world.
The internet works like a time machine where you can only go backwards.
In a digital world everything can be manipulated… Info, media, timestamps, geo locations etc. All of these can be changed to fit whatever narrative one is trying to create. All it would take is to feed a generation a bunch of disinformation about their past and present and they will create the future you intended.