“It is the Delphi technique applied to a corporate group which then acts on the mass population in exactly the same way.”
Very few people are aware of the Delphi principle and do not even notice when it is used on them. I’ve been in committee meetings, where the speaker says a few words and then states, “as we all agree,...... (insert progressive narrative here)”. I’m the little [b]itch in the back who responds, “when did we all agree on that point?”.
It is little known but very effective and most gatherings
never notice. However, once one studies up on it, it is
surprisingly used quite often just as in this instance
where it is being applied to the mass of the polis.
It is shocking once you learn to recognize it.