Modern media kinda feels like "malicious compliance" on the part of the boog

"OH, you peasants wanna be literate huh? You wanna learn things and understand information? Well we got some information, here have as much as you want - oh you're saying this isn't enough? Ok how about we automate production of all this information and you can have so much, your brain falls out, go ahead READ"

Maybe more like "malicious acceptance"