Yes, the world has been fake most of human existence. Back in the earliest days before government rule it was the church and religious powers that controlled the masses. The enlightenment and industrial revolution brought us out of religious and monarch rule, but then it has manifested into a new problem. A lot of things in this world is really fake and stupid. I think once the majority of the masses are woke, then the rulers will either find a new ideology or trend to enslave the masses once more or be overthrown. However, knowing human history, it won't take long before a new ruler or force takes control of the power vacuum and then the cycle repeats with yet another group of people.
@Stillnotsure Yes, that makes sense. The people who are successful often relies on people who are less successful for them to keep their system and reign active. A parallel of this would be the prison system. There has to be people that are sucked into the system which the rulers (authorities, law enforcement, court system, and prison-industrial complex staff) are able to rule over them. The war on poverty, war on drugs, war on (insert whatever criminalized people/group) exists so those people can profit. Without all those they would not be able to profit or continue with their power. It is absolutely disgusting and I do believe that too many people have been incarcerated for what is a victimless crime or things that aren't harmful to others, but that's another topic altogether.