Found in 2 comments on Hacker News
tw1010 · 2018-04-06 · Original thread
"Have been"? This is not a new phenomenon. "Culture" in various forms have for ages (long before you and I were born) been used as a tool to control mindset. See Engineering Culture by Gideon Kunda for more[1].

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Engineering-Culture-Commitment-High-T...

Fresh book recommendations delivered straight to your inbox every Thursday.