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But to make money it is in their interest to persuade consumers that they need what they have to sell. I don't think it's necessarily extreme to suggest that they try to "brainwash" the public into thinking those things. It's certainly a closer description than say, "encourage" or "influence" or "inspire." They need for us to buy their products, therefore, in the interest of making a lot of money, they're going to stop at very little in order to get us to do so. We already know that manufacturers used to use subliminal messages in their advertising in order to literally "brainwash" consumers into buying their products. What makes them all of a sudden so much more ethical now - other than a law preventing them from continuing it?
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PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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