Quote Originally Posted by Bohandas View Post
I mean, I guess it's important if you don't want to enjoy what you're reading for what it is and want to pretend you're the protagonist of a conspiracy novel or some hackneyed dystopian science-fiction movie like They Live or The Matrix instead
You can enjoy what you're reading and understand what it's about at the same time.

As for the second part, I really don't know how to unpack all that. Suffice to say that if you think you're not being manipulated by media, you're being manipulated very, very hard.