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Re:Advertising as a source of dissatisfaction: cross-nationa... by sesteel on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @06:22PM (#20035014)
It is only ironic on a macro level. And, I think you extrapolated my thought out too far; I wasn't suggesting to never spend money. My concern is teaching two children how to manage their own consumption and to not spend money frivolously. We aren't at the point of asking 7 year olds to start businesses.
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Re:Advertising as a source of dissatisfaction: cross-nationa... by quickthrower2 on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @06:38PM (#20035106)
It is only ironic on a macro level.... that's true. At a micro level it's each to their own, look out for number 1.

But you did say "I view advertising as a form of pollution. In many cases, it erodes the human experience. It is abusive to families with children creating strife where there was none."

So I took that as caring about the macro level.

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Re:Advertising as a source of dissatisfaction: cross-nationa... by sesteel on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @06:53PM (#20035205)
That's fair; I do care about advertising at a macro level and how it affects my family specifically.
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