Those strike me as vehicles rather than tools. They're vehicles equipped with tools. Tools are extensions of our body parts. But we can broaden our meaning for the purpose of argument. It's just a question of labels.
Have you watched The Corporation documentary? There are two of them, I think. I've written many articles on corruption by empowerment and on modern infantilization. But here are some reports of studies that link high-status and greed to a lack of ethics:
https://www.cnn.com/2012/02/27/health/rich-more-unethical/index.html
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160831-the-complicated-ways-that-money-messes-with-your-morals
Also, it's a question of understanding what subcriminal psychopathy is, and asking yourself what's supposed to become of such individuals, given their skillsets. In what environments would they thrive? Answer: those that empower you for lying well and otherwise manipulating folks with no remorse, such as government or laissez-faire business (which involves sales). I wrote an article recently about the link between selling and lying:
As for the consumer's infantilization, it's really too obvious to need stating. Bill Maher just did a monologue on how the woke need for "trigger warnings" is infantilizing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO2Wbf5GR8E
But it's everywhere. Have you seen the movie WALL-E? I wrote these articles on the consumer's infantilization:
