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Advertising has been warping the West since Gutenberg, but it really took off exponentially after 1900.
You drop anyone from former centuries (or more insular/insulated cultures) into the late XX century, they'll go into shock.
Anyone with current average Western beliefs, as induced by media, would be considered mentally ill in the not too distant past.
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Advertising has been warping the West since Gutenberg, but it really took off exponentially after 1900.
You drop anyone from former centuries (or more insular/insulated cultures) into the late XX century, they'll go into shock.
Anyone with current average Western beliefs, as induced by media, would be considered mentally ill in the not too distant past.