consumption terror (from everywhere ads) with money people actually don't own. what else could be better right now than focusing people on "important" things in life than protest about banks, injustice, poverty etc.
As I'm a member from the dev team and have read this article and following discussions, we will write tomorrow a blog post regarding concerning issues the OP mentioned. There are really some fair points of critics, which we should consider thoroughly and change for the future. A more detailled answer tomorrow.