Powerful, yes, in that it is 'mind-control' through suggestion. Example, try not to eat your favorite food. But the more you think about not having it, the more you want it-you're actually putting the vision of that food deeper into your subconscious by constantly telling yourself you shouldn't have it. We as individuals are bombarded with over 5,000 ads a day, thanks to product placement alone. This includes styrofoam cups from convenience stores, those flash ads on top of your favorite sites, t-shirts, everthing. A small child may not be able to read, but show the MacDonald's arches, and they'll identify them. No one is immune to this power of suggestion and the more we consciously try to ignore any single part of it, the more sucked in we seem to get. Our choices must be all-encompassing and deliberate, a very hard task to master.
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