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You do have a choice - the choice not to go to an overpriced theater. People vote with their dollars all of the time.
by aantix 7y ago
You do have a choice - the choice not to go to an overpriced theater. People vote with their dollars all of the time.
- jodrellblank 7y agoAnd yet advertising works. If we really believed people have free choice, there would be no uproar about Russian interference in elections, or political advertising on Facebook and Twitter, because it wouldn't sway people's behaviour in any way. Certainly you aren't ordered around in total, but you are a finite amount of brainpower with well known biases and failure modes, and Capitalism is rewarding those who exploit them and condition people's behaviour most effectively.