You ask the wrong question: Could we have won WWII with our present culture and society?
The media are only a symptom.
The media creates our culture and society, they are not symptoms of it.
They are leading us, not following us.
The media are only a symptom.
Don't sell the media short. It played a big part in shaping today's culture and society, far more than a mere symptom.
You are correct the media is only a symptom. I was alive in WWII and the public would not have tolerated today’s media. In school our teachers NEVER cast any doubt upon our ultimate victory. The dominant philosophy today consists of treason, sedition and favoring the criminal element of our society. This treacherous philosophy is led by a chattering class that firmly believes they are correct and that our once great way of life was a sham. Treasonous and seditious pronouncements are eagerly absorbed by a trivial, sensation seeking, and ignorant populace.The popular culture is intensely devoted to a bestial belief in eating, drinking, drugging, copulating, evacuating the bowels, snoring and free tickets to “The Games.” We are clearly dying as a nation and indeed as a Civilization. Look what was elected President of our once great nation.
Not really. They and academe and their extension in Hollywood and TV are actually drivers. That's why Dzherzhinsky sent his reptiles after them first.
The media, it were better said, are a tool.