I guess you are getting at the whole Marxist false consciousness idea? Because while false consciousness is one of those convenient thought-ending "explanation

I guess you are getting at the whole Marxist false consciousness idea? Because while false consciousness is one of those convenient thought-ending "explanations" that seem to explain everything and nothing, we actually do have evidence that people can't do rational very well. So how do we square that circle? > If we want to recommend more positive government intervention My instinct is normally against intervention, so I do feel a bit quesy about finding problems all over the place that need fixes that are potentially themselves wrong. It's an issue for sure. I don't know how to resolve it either, just looking for people's perspectives.