You might add that the relentless advertising is tax deductible as an operating cost. So we are all helping to subsidize this propaganda. Both as a tax deduction and as a cost which appears in the prices of products.
arthur -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Lunde [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 3:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Find the cause (was RE: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites > Therefore, in any criticism of consumerism (and I agree that it's now a > damaging symptom of modern society) unless you can find a universal cause > then it is pointless to argue against it morally because it is unstoppable. > If we find a cause, then we might be able to suggest alternatives. > > Keith Thomas: Could the cause be relentless advertising which is in effect a form of brainwashing. _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
