So for “consumers”, we have:

If you go into any American supermarket, you will see 100 kinds of peanut butter which all taste the same. Ditto for biscuits in Britain. What the modern world calls “choice” mostly comes down to marketing and labelling.

https://unherd.com/2020/02/the-slow-death-of-french-cheese

And for voters, we have:
https://grrrgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/march-of-tyranny-ben-garrison-cartoon.jpg

And for readers, we have:
https://westportlibrary.libguides.com/NYTimesbestsellers

We must allow for agency.

Still, I’d likely be inclined to commit grievous bodily harm on anyone who tried to interfere with my hot showers.

Cohen the Barbarian had a good handle on it when he said the finest things in life were hot water, good dentistry, and soft lavatory paper…

On the other hand, highlighting dissonance will backfire badly with a malignant narcissist.