what do you think of advertising today, and how it affects our nation?

Question

this is now a corporate america we live in where everything is determined not by how happy you are with yourself or your lifebut how much money you can spend. and the amount of junk you own. advertisement is everywhere and companies will do anything to get you to see the ad. the middle and lower class americans are being exploited by this superficial world and continue to be told that in order to be successful you have to do this, look this way, drive this car, work this many hours...and meanwhile disgusting pigs sit in glamorous offices not giving a **** about what they're doing to the world, their cars or the fact they're detroying all the trees, or that their products don't work worth ****, people always trying to rip you off, so many factors that have become part of our daily lives. many things also that are illegalized are only that way not because they are harmful to you, but because there is competition with companies who want to make money, so the government works with them..

i am obviously against this but would like to know other opinions..don't hate ..just answer...and also im not saying what to buy things,..but unless mindless moneyspending idiots who save and save for a bunch of **** change what they are doing, which they won't at least not soon, this country will be in even worse shape than what it's in now.. people think the country is run by the government, well its not, its ran by corporations, and the government stands by all of their sides...

i believe the whole country going bankrupt, being a disaster, and people scared out of their minds would be great for america..sometimes these things have to happen, however drastic they are, for a change. think of the changes that happened when america was first established. few people started to push the boundaries, being prosecuted and whatever else, then it expanded, people had to move, their entire lives were changed, but it was for the better. that lasted a little while, until current corporations change everything.. something completely drastic needs to happen to wake people on both sides up. people are like, this country is better than most, we should be greatful some are worse. yes, some are worse, for different reasons....for america it is money. we invade a country for no reason to get its oil, its all about power and money.. people may be comfortable now because they dont care what is happening around them, as long as they can still watch their tv ..and whatever else..

i believe the whole country going bankrupt, being a disaster, and people scared out of their minds would be great for america..sometimes these things have to happen, however drastic they are, for a change. think of the changes that happened when america was first established. few people started to push the boundaries, being prosecuted and whatever else, then it expanded, people had to move, their entire lives were changed, but it was for the better. that lasted a little while, until current corporations change everything.. something completely drastic needs to happen to wake people on both sides up. people are like, this country is better than most, we should be greatful some are worse. yes, some are worse, for different reasons....for america it is money. we invade a country for no reason to get its oil, its all about power and money.. people may be comfortable now because they dont care what is happening around them, as long as they can still watch their tv ..and whatever else..

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whoops, repeated the same thing twice. oh well...

Answer 1

great question. i agree

Answer 2

In a big picture kind of way, I see what you are saying. But, because our economy is capitalistic, if everyone quit buying crap, the whole country would go bankrupt. I understand your frustration due to the complete lack of restraint shown by both seller and buyers, but to end it all would be a disaster. I think that there should be more corporate responsibility--what ever happened to the days when you had to sell a good, descent, well working product in order to be successful?! As consumers, we have lowered our expectations too far, and are willing to accept sub-par merchandise. That is our fault. We should be smarter. If we were, that would solve almost the whole problem.