No need for ideological and government ops (at least not yet), just a good misdirection of ideas from an unwitting person or grifter, that were decidedly purveyed around western liberal mass media, at face value or manipulated beyond originator's intent.
I don't wanna hear shit like "1984". Those were made with the intent to be blatantly anti-communist and pro-western
An example would include the Stanford prison experiments
(Note: lemme guess, someone gonna @ on how I'm ironically use pop culture to debunk pop culture. Yes, we do live in a society...)
Nonetheless, this study was one of many that solidified "human nature is inherently evil" sort of shticks...
Flat earthers becoming a thing and the book 'The World Is Flat' by Tom Friedman published in 2005.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Is_Flat
Wait, how did the flat-earthers turn right-libertarian et crazy in vibes.... usually, they'd be more neolib-brained (more cold et calculating, yet respected by most capitalists)
Guess pop culture turns them into people like that...