They're far from demented when they have access to the top minds and technology we can't even imagine. Most people are pretty clever too but we're dumbed down and taught to go by what we see as normal, which is shitty fake shit. If you think about it, it's actually smart and adaptive to act retarded when you're punished for not stepping in line and rewarded for accepting the continual rape. But make no mistake about the intelligence of the people ruling us. People are talking right now about merging AI with humans to give us ultraintelligence. It's out there and not confirmable, but I believe there exist people who have already done this and are controlling us. Why else would they even invite us all to ponder this for ourselves? These people are smarter than we can conceptualize, if anything. We are sheep to them, their playthings. They don't view us with empathy. It's like we view ants, right?

They control the demented people and fuck with our minds in a calculated way. Remember Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars?

They probably calculate this shit and feed us this insanity as a sort of shock test on how much we can handle, tracking our reaction all along.

I also imagine the peace is only to be found away from people, unfortunately. Get away from the psyops and let your senses relax for once.