These tactics are everywhere money is involved. These are used against me dozens of times a day, in advertisements, marketing, and just going about my business.

These tactics are everywhere money is involved. These are used against me dozens of times a day, in advertisements, marketing, and just going about my business. I think that everyone has a duty to render themselves immune to these and other tactics. It's idealistic, for sure, but a lot of today's societal woes make sense in the context of people mindlessly acting out others' persuasions beyond the scope of their own rational self-interest. It's especially sickening just how many of these people see only the emotional content of the arguments presented to them and nothing else....