There are a lot of thing done by people in charge that made it possible.
deregulation of media in US (see Telecommunication act of 1996)
constant cuts to education because uneducated people are easier to fool
mainstream media houses owned by rich people or large corporations
dividing the population so they vote against each other instead of for public good (republicans vs democrats, "immigrants are stealing your jobs", nazis vs jews, "Unions are stealing your wages", etc)
More modern examples are Must buying Twitter to get more misonformation there and Trump ordering buying of Tiktok "to protect children" and thus censoring all epstein speak there.
Yes, but there aren't that many programs that take long time to compile and those that do you install before hand. It's not like the size of the compile is hard to predict.
There are a lot of thing done by people in charge that made it possible.
More modern examples are Must buying Twitter to get more misonformation there and Trump ordering buying of Tiktok "to protect children" and thus censoring all epstein speak there.