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MEAD · 08-08-2003, 11:06 PM

It seems a trend now that any "intellectual" decries the evils of mass media and marketing mind control. Anyone who is aware enough to realize it's effects takes a psuedo-rebelous stance against without really thinking it through, like a damn puritan on a witch hunt. I'm not standing up for this kind of manipulative marketing but I question the validity of many people's opposition of it. How can one not look like a total hypocrite when they are most likely watching MTV and eating fast food even though they say they are oppssed to it? Hell mass media still makes money off marketing to so-called rebelous sub-culture groups anyhow. So where are we? Even with the titular opposition of mass media by so-called rebels, are will still looking at an inevitable revolution?
Will we finally get off our asses? Or is it impossibile, with the exponential expansion of communication, to resist being controled? So, personally realizing how futile it is for me to resist, I eat my happy meal proudly. But what are your thoughts?

08-08-2003, 11:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
MEAD Insane Location: South Florida	Mass Media?? It seems a trend now that any "intellectual" decries the evils of mass media and marketing mind control. Anyone who is aware enough to realize it's effects takes a psuedo-rebelous stance against without really thinking it through, like a damn puritan on a witch hunt. I'm not standing up for this kind of manipulative marketing but I question the validity of many people's opposition of it. How can one not look like a total hypocrite when they are most likely watching MTV and eating fast food even though they say they are oppssed to it? Hell mass media still makes money off marketing to so-called rebelous sub-culture groups anyhow. So where are we? Even with the titular opposition of mass media by so-called rebels, are will still looking at an inevitable revolution? Will we finally get off our asses? Or is it impossibile, with the exponential expansion of communication, to resist being controled? So, personally realizing how futile it is for me to resist, I eat my happy meal proudly. But what are your thoughts? Last edited by MEAD; 08-08-2003 at 11:09 PM..