Get some perspective ! All I did was ask questions, are you so angry at the world that you would attack someone for promoting thought ?
I didn't attack your presious BND, I only questioned the reason, and effectivness of it. How would you perpose evaluating it's effectivness ? If you are going to respond to someone, take the time to understand thier statments, or ask you own questions, other than "are you serious?".
I did NOT say everyone but me has been brainwashed. Brainwashing the public into buying widgets is what the markiting industry does, it is thier soul purpose in life, and they are very good at it. How do you think our socity has come to this point of mass consunerisum ?
Do you think people should throw avery thing that malfunctions out, and buy new ones. Or repair broken items, and NOT buy more ? Why would you critasize me for this ? Isn't that what you would rather see people do ? Oh... and I'm not "old, bitter, or egotistical" , I just said that I fix stuff. There's no "battle" here.
Making people aware of the consaquence of thier consumerisum ( i.e. buying locail rather from the other side of the world) is a good thing. But they are still buying, in many cases just to have because some ad made it look just too cool not to have, and we all want to look cool don't we?
The Inlaws won't like you if you teeth arn't white enuf. Last years fashion, AND static cling, how can you leave the house ?! This is the same brand Joe kool the camel smokes, how can they be bad for you ? All marketing hype.
I was born and raised in the test makiting capital of the world, Columbus Ohio, yes ......Col. OH. It all started there. the first Suppermarket had a balcony behind one way mirrors. So the they could watch and learn to controll the movement of customers. This told them how and where to place items to induce the public to purches. ( circa. late 1950's) They discoverd the power of sex to sell almost anything, and have used it masterfully ever sence. How to get people to buy, not because they needed it. Rather because it was " On SALE" and such a good deal, that you won't get tommorow, ( fear of loss).
To this day, you have markiting co's with offices in all of the malls in Col. just so they cay do survays about how to convince you to buy somebodys product.
Having watched this devlopment expand around me over the years, has helped me realized the power of markiting. In a free socity it has become politics, sound bites and photo opt's rather than substantve dialoge.
You need it because..... we say you need it, etc, etc. So yes, I see markiting / advetising, as the wicked witch of the west. Why do you think all of those teenagers are buying all of those cloths , regarless of what the lable says ?
And when did I maintain that people should >>stop any kind of activism << ? I think you may have read what you wanted to read, And i'f I belive that I've found a way to better the world ( fix it don't throw it away )
Why shouldn't I suggest people be more like me ? Isn't that what we ALL should be doing and saying ? Is'nt that what your'e doing and saying ? YES WORLD, I AVOID PATISAPATING IN THE THROW AWAY , BUY MORE WORLD, AND SO SHOULD YOU !!!!!!!!! Do you find falt with my position ?
>>but then if you think any single action/event/campaign is going to suddenly solve all he world's problems you almost certainly looking down the wrong path. << . Don't put words in my mouth, I have no problem doing that myself. Iv'e found that putting them in the form of a question brings the greatest number of answers. Don't lose your passion, find your direction.