Is this too cynical?

Is it too cynical to assume, that mass media (newspapers, Hollywood, TV), the internet jungle (YouTube), pop music - constant background music, video/computer games, celebrity culture (tabloids), and technical gadgets (iPods, iPhones, iPads) are used to distract, confuse, misinform, indoctrinate, condition us, and prevent us from seeing the blatant corruption, injustice, and inequality?

Is it too hopeful to assume, that a not distracted, confused, misinformed, indoctrinated, conditioned population would realize the dishonesty, the deception, the hypocrisy, and the double standards of the ruling class, resulting in dissent, disobedience, unrest, open rebellion?

Is it too cynical to assume, that the ruling elites would shut down the internet very fast or at least strictly censor all content if they would not have an interest to: 1. give the commoners a channel to let off steam, 2. be informed about the popular mood, 3. track and identify dissidents?

Is it too cynical to assume, that education is privatized (charter schools, corporate funding of colleges and universities) to prevent, that independent teachers are educating children to become critical, open minded, and informed citizens?

Is it too cynical to assume, that the rich and powerful now grab as much as they can as fast as they can, because they know that it cannot go on like this for much longer and because they are "running for the exit" and preparing for a life after the big crash in one of the few unpolluted, fenced off, fortified retreats for the super rich?

Is it too cynical to assume, that the militarization of US police forces (paramilitary police units, SWAT teams, assault weapons, grenade launchers, armored personnel carriers, tanks) and the increased surveillance (Patriot Act, eavesdropping, data mining of all communications, nationwide biometric databases, CCTV) are preparations for an anticipated uprising of the impoverished US population against Wall Street and the political elite in Washington?

Is it too cynical to assume, that the military leaders push for an automatization of warfare with drones and combat robots because soldiers may not be reliable is some situations and refuse to kill civilians or rebellious fellow citizens in their homeland?

Is it too cynical to assume, that the worlds leaders promote globalization and free trade to play off the workers all around the world against each other and cut the wages?

Is it too cynical to assume, that the political elites promote costly, unreliable, and dangerous nuclear power plants because they want to keep the infrastructure for the production of nuclear warheads in tact and because they fear, that an abandoning of "peaceful nuclear energy" could influence the popular perception of nuclear technology and subsequently lead to a broad movement against the insanity of nuclear weapons arsenals?

Is it too cynical to assume, that the rich and powerful see the destruction of nature as another promising business opportunity to create an artificial habitat (with GM crops) and to sell all the goods of nature that formerly were free (drinking water, fruits and vegetables from gardens, crops from small subsistence farming) with big profits?

Is it too cynical to assume, that the worlds leaders ignore the issue of overpopulation and discourage contraception because they 1. want to have a big pool of young, unemployed men which they can send to war, 2. want to have a big pool of workers which they can employ for the lowest possible wages 3. want to have a big pool of young girls from which they can select the prettiest ones as their mistresses?

Is it too cynical to assume, that the ruling elites have no interest in peaceful conflict resolution and no interest in preventing war because they see war as an attractive business opportunity?

Is it too cynical to assume, that the rich and powerful elites of the world don't do anything against global warming because they take it for granted, that a regional nuclear war (between Pakistan and India for instance) with about 100 exploding nuclear bombs will cause a "nuclear winter" which will by far offset the warming effect of CO2 and other greenhouse gasses?