Inequality Made Simple

And I'll add that nobody forced the holders of said credit cards to max them out buying big screen TVs and other crap they didn't actually need.
Depending upon your definition... "(A)nything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing."

Would you say Advertising functions like a force in this country?



Advertising is an influence, a form of persuasion. One is neither obligated nor forced to respond to it.
Have you ever observed a young child (2-4) watching television?

My impression is they are incapable of distinguishing between content and commercial messages, i.e., their moral foundation is being shaped by people willing to say whatever they are paid to say, or, more often, willing to say whatever those paying them the most want to hear.

I am part of the first television generation.
I remember when 30 minutes of content ran uninterrupted by commercials.

Over the past 7 decades I have seen how advertising's influence and persuasion obligates regular viewers to respond in predictable patterns that don't rely on making rational decisions when it comes to things like credit card usage.

I'm not surprised you have avoided that snare, I'm jus' sayin' millions of others have not.
 

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