Mmm, but you're forgetting a super-critical piece on the right chart: idea laundering.

What does that look like? A group of "science worshipers" (to use the chart's naming) gather to create a peer-reviewed journal. They accept submissions that only rely upon Theory (from critical theories, wherein "Theory" is just philosophy, not any actual scientifically-based or tested theory), which legitimizes these ideas and referenced Theory. Now, these ideas are seen as having validity because they were peer-reviewed (by other science worshipers, of course), and "peer-reviewed" journals carry a lot of official weight in the academy.

The process repeats... someone else makes some crank journal focused on Theory and references the articles in the first journal... creating an appearance of validity. This continues as more journals reference these articles, which are then referenced by other journals, which students search up on their university's library database and included in their own writing for classes in departments that are created for the purpose of continuing the laundering of ideas, etc.

This idea laundering is a critical piece because a lot of knowledge generation in our society comes from the academy... and the academy is very poisoned right now. I do not think people understand how central the academy is to narrative-building in our society.

If you never heard of idea laundering before, look up James Lindsay, Helen Pluckrose, and Peter Boghossian and the "hoax papers." Eye-opening.