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great quote, thanks. I think this is also compatible with Ads Don't Work That Way which argues that rather than psychically manipulating consumers to crave stuff, ads just build social consensus (you know that other people have seen the ad).

[-] RION@hexbear.net 3 points 4 weeks ago

Fits with this quote I thought was from Parenti but actually from Stanley J Baran apparently?

"Mass media doesn’t tell you what to think, but it tells you what to think about."

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