You probably can't imagine how little sympathy I have for people who don't think for themselves. And how little I care about their excuses--I was exposed to all the usual media suspects during my formative years as much as anybody else. I find it hard to believe that worthwhile people just can't see that advertisers' messages don't have our best interests at heart.abeerinthemorning wrote:...It's not just insecure people who go for this. It can include anyone who gets bombarded daily with the messages that the people with a purpose put down on them. We all have a need for food, but commerce succeeds in convincing us that we don't have time to sit down and eat, or time to make a salad, or enough money for a healthy diet, or are somehow too deficient to get by unless we make this accomodation to the opinions of the many.
I'm trying to think of something I find easier to ignore than advertising and I'm coming up blank. Nevertheless, I too very much enjoy the week away from the clutter and noise of real-world advertising.abeerinthemorning wrote:...That's a great part about the lack of commerce at Burning Man. That you can step away from those messages. That's something I like about here too.
But as a reality check, how many of us earn our living producing a product or service that anybody actually needs? Or is good for people? I can look in the mirror now and feel that I earn my keep while simultaneously making the world a better place, being paid to provide something that makes people better.
Sure they are. Start a thread saying sincerely nice things about George W. Bush, or McDonalds, or Wal-Mart, or traditional middle-American sexual values, and watch what happens.abeerinthemorning wrote:...People here aren't trying to sell a particular kind of groupthink.
