The thing is, in order to be able to start questioning things, you need to have a solid basis of knowledge to work from. Without that basis, you're* more susceptible to propaganda and conspiracy theories.
*general you, not you specifically
I'm not saying you're ignorant, I assumed you weren't British from your comments, plus the lack of awareness that England doesn't have its own government (as well as the OTT shocked reaction when someone corrected you on this). But your latest post implies you may be British? Or maybe from a Commonwealth country? Not sure who "we" is meant to represent. I wouldn't usually bring up nationality as it doesn't much matter on Mumsnet, but you have repeated banged on about the English on this thread, so...
But yeah, I do think it isn't helpful to actively encourage people to look away from what's going on in other countries. We need more knowledge and more awareness, not less.
And, in terms of this thread specifically and how miserable so many people are at the moment, we need laughs too. Sorry!