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I've been harping on what I call the Madison Avenue Cult for ten years now. Interesting that this Lash character gets the credit for his "novel" idea.
When we watch television, listen to the radio, read newspapers and magazines, go to the shopping mall, or any one of a hundred other activities, we're voluntarily submitting to this sort of programming. If it really bothers you, eliminate those activities from your life. Notice I said "life" and not "lifestyle." The latter is a meme invented by Madison Avenue to make us feel that our unnecessary consumption somehow amounts to something worthwhile, impressive, or enviable: i.e., that wearing the right clothes, driving the right car, etc., makes us better. Those who try to add "style" to their lives through consumption will never be fulfilled by it. This is the literal meaning of the phrase "get a life."
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