Technocratic consciousness displaces the practical interest in domination-free communication.

Evidence

The new ideology [i.e. technocratic consciousness] damages … an interest that is linked to one of the two fundamental conditions of our cultural existence: the interest in language or, more precisely, in the form of socialization and individualization that takes place through colloquial communication. This interest extends to the preservation of an intersubjectivity of understanding, and to the production of a form of communication that is free of domination. The technocratic consciousness allows this practical interest to disappear in favour of an interest in extending our technological capacities. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 674

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines technocratic consciousness as the ideology that erodes the interest in undistorted communication.
• XREF: Connects to Frankfurt School critiques of instrumental reason and the culture industry.