Expert delegation and naturalized narratives manufacture passive consent to capitalism

Evidence

The naturalization of capitalism and our habit of delegating many fundamental decisions to experts render us powerless and strengthen our passive consent to a society that oppresses the majority. Nearly all professional economists, as well as television networks, social media, and newspapers, perpetuate narratives that mask the functioning of our economic system, instead of explaining it. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 27

Categorization

• XREF: This is material for reconstructing ‘the invisible order’ — how capitalism’s arrangements are made to appear natural fact rather than political choice, mechanistically via expertise and media. — connects to: Industrial society’s liberties themselves capture populations as a captive audience — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2582; Officials treat citizens as passive recipients of stored expert knowledge. — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics: how Americans…, 1381