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> If advertising staves off economic collapse, one can hardly call it
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It is of course a frantic temporary expedient.  History shows that
the economy is in serious recession/depression a fair portion of the
time.  Advertising in a rational world is not a productive activity--
that is an activity that produces things of value to the population.
wcmi
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> >> In a message dated 10/27/99 6:06:38 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
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> >>> jSpeaking of trivial activity, let's not forget that advertising
> >>> extracts a half trillion dollars from the economy per year and
> >>> has negligble value to the citizens.  It is of course the frantic
> >>> effort to overcome the endemic over consumption of the capitalist
> >>> system.
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