This is a cool documentary. It's about a world where questioning things can turn you into a pariah.
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Rather than facing up to the real complexities of the world, we retreat and create a simpler fake version of it that the people in power use to great effect to maintain power, and because it's easier, we as a people abide by it.
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There's an old saying from the soviet union, "if you see a shadow pointing in the wrong direction, dont ask about it."
The soviets used this philosophy to cover up failures right in front of every one's face. If you complain about something, or point out a failure? You were in effect attacking the state and it's capability to rule... so you're basically gaslit that you're insane or dumb for questioning anything that was wrong, even something as obvious as two shadows pointing in two different directions in broad dayight.
The tv series Chernobyl really illustrates this during scenes where nobody believes anyone about the reactor blowing up. Even with people dying of radiation poisoning, they were trying to cover it up in plain sight, just saying anyone who saw someone die of radiation poisoning was an unhinged lunatic or in shock.
The documentary goes into great detail about how this affected the lives and personalities of the citizens of the soviet union, and it also compares how we embrace the behavior outside of russia as well and how it might be affecting us.