“Need can be manufactured” ->

We love using all of this scare language “manufactured”, “attention held hostage”, etc. etc. because what is actually happening is so innocuous we have to exaggerate to make it sound bad.

“Manufacturing need” is just making people aware of a product that they need. I could “manufacture need” for a new diabetes drug simply by making more people aware of it. I do not see what is bad about this at all.