How Fear and Outrage Are Sold for Profit

Re:How Fear and Outrage Are Sold for Profit by jimjimjim on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @08:49PM (#14853013)

>Imagine how much more effective that off-brand would be if it could tell consumers about its lower price or higher quality, rather than having to just hope they found out somehow... versus a known competitor and brand.

imagine you have an army of 100 and you are against an army of 1000.

now imagine how much more effective you would be if everyone had machine guns instead of swords.

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Re:How Fear and Outrage Are Sold for Profit by BigJono on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @10:48PM (#14853375)

I'm not so sure that's the analogy you're after. You'd have a much, much better chance of winning with the guns, unless you're fighting on a perfectly flat field (in which case you're toast either way). I don't think I've ever seen a realistic example of somebody managing to take out two people at once in a sword fight, let alone 10.

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