so in "the power of the powerless" havel writes of a greengrocer that displays the party posters and messages "workers of the world unite!"
the greengrocer does not believe any of it yet displays the signs and slogans anyway because in not doing so he might be seen as a dissenter and taken away to the gulags or worse
"They must live within a lie. They need not accept the lie. It is enough for them to have accepted their life with it and in it. For by this very fact, individuals confirm the system, fulfill the system, make the system, are the system."
how much woke shit in films and games and other media can be attributed to people scared of the woke such as the greengrocer was of the party?
Not as much as you'd think IMO. There are plenty of people calling out the insanity but up until recently their voices were silenced by big tech so it seemed like everyone agreed because nobody who disagreed was even able to speak.