Yeah, and the end result is someone thinking they’ll be more attractive, more intelligent, more desirable, more whatever, if they only bought the advertised product.
They believe there’s a correct combination of light and sound waves that, when exposed to, will make us abandon our logical reasoning and supplant it with their message.
The idea that my logical reasoning can be overridden by a talking box with a message from an ivory tower is, on its face, offensive and ridiculous. But also somehow perfectly normal and accepted to most people.
Yeah, and the end result is someone thinking they’ll be more attractive, more intelligent, more desirable, more whatever, if they only bought the advertised product.
They believe there’s a correct combination of light and sound waves that, when exposed to, will make us abandon our logical reasoning and supplant it with their message.
The idea that my logical reasoning can be overridden by a talking box with a message from an ivory tower is, on its face, offensive and ridiculous. But also somehow perfectly normal and accepted to most people.
Hence the desire for gutting education, especially critical thought. Politicians love advertising.