Scientific logic and corporate interests in systemic preservation

An analysis explores how scientific logic and data are sometimes utilized to protect capital interests and preserve existing social orders. The text argues that complex systems are often reduced to isolated components by official institutions to propose solutions that fail to address systemic interconnections.

Historical examples include the American gun lobby’s 1920s argument that “Guns don’t kill people; people kill people” to shield interests against rising violence. The text also references the book “Merchants of Doubt” by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, which examines how industry-funded research institutions systematically cast doubt on scientific findings that threaten market interests.

A specific case cited is the George C. Marshall Institute (GMI). Founded in the 1980s under physicist Frederick Seitz, the institute is described as an instrument of Wall Street propaganda, involving figures such as astrophysicist Robert Jastrow.