I'm not sure I agree about the first group. Education in the west isn't about informing us about how the world actually works. Its a propaganda system to inculcate the belief that whatever you see in our society is "natural" and can't be any other way. Yeah, some know exactly what they're doing, but considering college kids can't read, I can't agree that the highly educated actually "know" what they're doing-they're repeating what they've been told, they're regurgitating their indoctrination. Some know exactly whats up, but I don't see how a population of illiterates became fascists because they actually understand material interests beyond "gimme gimme I want everything and I want it now". They're selfish because their ideology rewards it. There might be some unconscious things at play, they know they benefit from imperialism, but probably can't articulate it.

I do agree that their beliefs are simply the byproducts of the ideological system they're immersed in. And that is a determanistic thing. People are not as "free thinking" as we'd like to believe. Theres some saying out there that only something like 10% of people will ever break from their cultural conditioning and go their own way in life. Strangley correlates with the ~10% true literacy rate... Most people just seem to go along with whatevers around them. Not sure what to make with that observation though...

Idk, I'm just rambling at this point.