"this spell breaks when you’re away from it. you come back and with fresh eyes see it for what it really is because you can see it all at once and not in the little increments in which it was forced upon you."

You are describing my every trip to the airport now that we have been TV-less for about 5 years. Even the kids notice what mandatory airport Pravda-TV does: "Dad are there really that many [mixed race] families in America?" "Daddy, why do the TV people keep talking about Trump? He isn't President anymore....right?" "Honey they are saying the CDC wants 3 shots and 3 masks....what the heck?" Yes, a clean break and return reveals a lot of warts in our society.