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I think it would be something more along the lines of spreading a meme that says "Let's just ignore philosophy, it's pretty much a waste of time."
This is happening already to some degree. It would have to be a heck of a lot more infectious of a meme to actually destroy philosophy as a field, though.
That's been a meme since 400 BC, and it remains by far the dominant view today among laypeople, scientists, economists, etc. Basically, the only people who think philosophy is worth pursuing are philosophers. If that's all you mean by 'scrapping philosophy' then the job is long since done.
Meanwhile, back in reality:
"Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) is a popular interdisciplinary undergraduate/graduate degree which combines study from the three disciplines."
Alain de Botton's pop philosphy sells millions, presumably to laypeople.
And philosophers appear with scientists at interdisciplinary conferences
Yeah, this is true. Maybe scrapping philosophy means just not funding it anymore?