This reminds me of World War Z by Max Brooks. One of the storylines in that book was about a director who found himself making propaganda films to boost morale because he was sick of seeing people become so demoralized and hopeless that they'd lay down, go to sleep, and never wake up again.
None of the items in your list are the cause. Also, none of the items in your list are things that you're not allowed to talk about or blame for stuff.
Hell, it's practically a legal requirement to blame global warming or Trump for all societal ills these days.
