Cultural hegemony is the dominance of an elite’s Ideology.
In other words,
cultural hegemony is the dominance of a culturally diverse society by the ruling class who manipulate the Culture of that society—the beliefs and Explanations, Perceptions, values, and mores—so that the worldview of the ruling class becomes the accepted cultural norm.Wikipedia
As a result, the elite can set the direction of travel for a society by “consent armed by coercion”.
A Nexus of Delusion can disguise the worldview of the ruling class as common sense.
References
- Wikipedia: “Cultural hegemony”