SV,
The truth lies somewhere between the writings of the status quo and the revisionists.
In general it is better not to buy into everything people tell you (even me). They all have agendas. From where I am sitting you have swapped one bucket of lies for another. View the revisionists work and that of the status quo with the same skepticism.
Strange as it sound some of the better info comes from the collection of documentaries (collectively) shown on TV these days. Their agenda is to get you to watch which may cause problems but that is less apt to color the truth. Propaganda exists here too but you can often spot the agenda in the first few minutes.
The government, banks, and the others that you are pointing out as bad guys make lots of money. They tend to have expensive brick building. For 1000's of years organized religion has marched at the head of the pack. Organized religions are generally a scam to defraud people in the name of God. There a a lot of good people trying to do right within religion. There are also good people at work in your local bank, the Federal Reserve, etc.
Add soul-less multinational corporations to the list. They may not be run by the traditional set of bad characters, but they put profits ahead of all else. Bad thing.