"Has become" is a bit of a stretch. The 20th century was the century of Bernays. https://theconversation.com/the-manipulation-of-the-american-mind-edward-bern

"Has become" is a bit of a stretch. The 20th century was the century of Bernays. https://theconversation.com/the-manipulation-of-the-american-mind-edward-bernays-and-the-birth-of-public-relations-44393 https://theconversation.com/the-manipulation-of-the-american... In the 20th century, teenagers were invented. Their purpose? An advertising target. https://www.ushistory.org/us/46c.asp https://www.ushistory.org/us/46c.asp The pop culture in the article seems to mostly be the culture of teenagers. This was always an entirely constructed racket.