simplification

Here, Waywords most often uses this term as a form of false consciousness, sometimes described as mystification, where the causes of complex problems are rendered simply, thus falsely.

Too often, the simplifications of ideas are presented in narratives of prejudice: racism, nationalism, sexism, or other bigotry. We need not examine our social systems for working conditions, for instance, because the underclass are “forever whining,” “causing the problems themselves,” or “lazy.” Or, “I am a good person, so I therefore cannot be racist.”