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You don't think it's hard to explain what? How advertising causes high rents in San Francisco? Be my guest.

• glenstein 11y ago
  It's not hard to find reasons other than conspiracies, to explain the role of advertising in creating a consumption culture.
  • punee 11y ago
    If by "consumption culture" you mean "sales", then yeah.
    • glenstein 11y ago
      A sale in and of itself doesn't necessarily imply a broader ideology about what it means to be a consumer. There was a time before consumer culture when we still had sales. While consumer culture certainly includes sales, it's also about deeper things such as associating your identity and self esteem with consumption, the way those ideas intertwine with culture, the psychological structures through which those ideas are mediated, and the way it all congeals into a way of life.