Arguably that's one of the underlying themes of the entire article. In particular point #5 seems to address this, and especially the article's quote of Daniel B

Arguably that's one of the underlying themes of the entire article. In particular point #5 seems to address this, and especially the article's quote of Daniel Bell: Ideology makes it unnecessary for people to confront individual issues on their own merits. One simply turns to the ideological vending machine, and out come the prepared formulae. I particularly like the "ideological vending machine" metaphor, and I think it describes exactly what you're talking about.