And it's just as easy to say that Europeans have been brainwashed to say things like all Americans are brainwashed to consume, consume, consume. It's a highly

And it's just as easy to say that Europeans have been brainwashed to say things like all Americans are brainwashed to consume, consume, consume. It's a highly condescending argument on several levels to make sweeping statements like that about people who have different motivations for doing what they do. We might as well all be brainwashed, there's no proving we're not if that's your argument. The original poster in this thread was being insulting and condescending. There's no other way to look at it, whether he meant to or not.