slightly different in that the drift away from economic reality on the Anglo world has been more self-delusional (though that may be true of the Zionists too): propaganda works and the people who spend most time listening to it are those who spread it. They end up believing it.
Thatcherism, austerity, and Brexit all required self-delusion and it’s been snow balling. Which is one of the reasons Labour are screwed: they’re Very Serious and trapped within the Very Serious delusions.