Rality As Explained by Others : Living A Reality Enough Evidence?

What is reality? Is it something that was decided by someone or a committee and then expressed as reality?

Even when we are living a destructive reality, it is explained to us by those in power as good and what's best for us.

Never mind the change in life style brought on by the pain of scarcity, enjoy what little you might have now as things might even get worse later.

Voting for change can be a good thing, but voting for one's own destruction should be viewed as a bad thing,