People are brainwashed. I mean that literally: the globalists work in tandem and own all of mainstream media, have sizeable influence in pretty much every single large corporation, bribe politicians, etc.

The plebs simply obey and don't think for themselves, have far more serious problems - that their overlords have helped instill in society - and can't afford to, or are among the fortunate to escape mere peasantry such that they can view the world from an ivory tower.