Why do we allow corporations/media to, in a sense, control our thoughts and feelings about ourselves?
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Sprigbit asked:
Their agenda seems to be to sell us products using tactics to make us feel a certain way if we do not have that product. Most of us strive to be “normal”, and it seems that we tend to allow them to dictate what is “normal” (through the media, celebrities, icons, etc.). It’s just disturbing that people feel bad about themselves if they do not meet these so called “norms”. I just think that it is unfair that there is a majority of people that can never achieve these norms and it seems that it contributes to a negative viewpoint of themselves. It appears that the norm is not what we see on TV, movies, etc, but why do we think that way? We focus too much on material things, and not the things that really matter. If we keep this up, it looks like we’re headed for self destruction.
CHADWICK
Their agenda seems to be to sell us products using tactics to make us feel a certain way if we do not have that product. Most of us strive to be “normal”, and it seems that we tend to allow them to dictate what is “normal” (through the media, celebrities, icons, etc.). It’s just disturbing that people feel bad about themselves if they do not meet these so called “norms”. I just think that it is unfair that there is a majority of people that can never achieve these norms and it seems that it contributes to a negative viewpoint of themselves. It appears that the norm is not what we see on TV, movies, etc, but why do we think that way? We focus too much on material things, and not the things that really matter. If we keep this up, it looks like we’re headed for self destruction.
CHADWICK
