For example, as a consumer of Hollywood movies, you see an aged businessman in a slick suit and automatically associate him with “evil capitalists”, even if the man is Chuck Feeney or Elon Musk. The reason is simple: you have learned to have such associations, by consuming the fiction written by people of certain political views, from Simpsons to Star Trek to pretty much every movie that depicts businessmen.
Many people have had enough interaction with businessmen in slick suits to independently form negative associations. No fiction needed.
Many people have had enough interaction with businessmen in slick suits to independently form negative associations. No fiction needed.