- New thing goes against capitalist interests
- Propaganda machine manufactures consent via anti-thing news coverage
- This works on people who are generally aligned with internalized capitalist assumptions (ex. climate regulation is worse for humanity than allowing market forces to act unimpeded)
- People (conservatives) are now generally against thing and will block progress out of fear, even (and especially) if they don’t really understand it on a meaningful level
- Status-quo is maintained through perpetuation of internalized capitalist assumptions and self-censorship by those aligned with market forces
- Profit (for billionaires)