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Advertising Serves Not So Much To Advertise Products As To Promote Consumption As A Way Of Life. It 'educates' The Masses Into An Unappeasable Appetite Not Only For Goods But For New Experiences And Personal Fulfillment.

-Christopher Lasch

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Advertising Serves Not So Much To Advertise

Christopher Lasch

Advertising Serves Not So Much To Advertise Products As To Promote Consumption As A Way Of Life. It 'educates' The Masses Into An Unappeasable Appetite Not Only For Goods But For New Experiences And Personal Fulfillment.

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