By the way, if anyone here is in advertising or marketing, kill yourself.
If you__e ever taken an economics course you know that markets are supposed to be based on informed consumers making rational choices. I don__ have to tell you, that__ not what__ done. If advertisers lived by market principles then some enterprise, say, General Motors, would put on a brief announcement of their products and their properties, along with comments by Consumer Reports magazine so you could make a judgment about it.That__ not what an ad for a car is__n ad for a car is a football hero, an actress, the car doing some crazy thing like going up a mountain or something. If you__e ever turned on your television set, you know that hundreds of millions of dollars are spent to try to create uninformed consumers who will make irrational choices__hat__ what advertising is.
Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power
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If you__e ever taken an economics course you know that markets are supposed to be based on informed consumers making rational choices. I don__ have to tell you, that__ not what__ done. If advertisers lived by market principles then some enterprise, say, General Motors, would put on a brief announcement of their products and their properties, along with comments by Consumer Reports magazine so you could make a judgment about it.That__ not what an ad for a car is__n ad for a car is a football hero, an actress, the car doing some crazy thing like going up a mountain or something. If you__e ever turned on your television set, you know that hundreds of millions of dollars are spent to try to create uninformed consumers who will make irrational choices__hat__ what advertising is.
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