This was addressed in the text:

> In reality, there’s a lot of other stuff going on in the MPI—stuff like tribalism and virtue signaling and media manipulation and the cudgel of cultural taboo and other fun things in the pit of hell we’ll be descending into together later in the series. But we’re keeping things simple for now...

It's almost as if it's promoting a comforting but unrealistic narrative.

I find marketing such a strange idea.

I believe the Ancient Greeks hated these mind control techniques. But in modern society, we are told it's a good thing.

I'm not sure what is good about being tricked to buy average products at expensive prices. Samsung/Apple are my two examples in the tech world.

> But in modern society, we are told it's a good thing.

Sure, but look who is telling you that.

What you're hinting at is discussed further in Manifacturing Consent, might be interesting to you if you have not heard of it yet[0][1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnrBQEAM3rE

There are Ages of Reason and Ages of Vanity. It is important to know which you are in.

Yup, and it also fails to take into account inherent group interests. One example would be that homosexuals have an inherent group interest in having others accept homosexuality.

It isn't enough for an idea to be "more wise" or "more correct" or whatever for it go from a fringe idea to a mainstream one. Someone needs to have some reason to bother pushing the idea. Any idea with a dedicated group pushing it is more likely to go from the fringe to the mainstream.

Depending on how dedicated that group is, and what kind of resources they have to push the idea, there is no reason to believe that some idea being "more wise" or "more correct" is even necessary for it to go from the fringe to the mainstream.