Some may argue we are counter steering the west into decline by blindly countering any non-optimistic narrative. It might be a bit more difficult then the old Simpsons meme. https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSimpsons/comments/4miiwe/always_...

Despite what some business/marketing focused individuals might say, just believing something might not overrule physical limitations and its risks. Reality is a harsh mistress and opinion control puts us on a totalitarian path without error correction.

edit: Or differently put, too easy/good to be true is very much a thing in the market economy. Independent of the initial trend being visible or not. Stuff is just not trivial.