Turk
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A freer world is a happy world thats why corporatism and socialism are bad.
Socialism and Corporatism create an uneven playing field for marketers they both keep wealth consolidated to the top of the pyramid. |
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Lester
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 7:55 am Post subject: |
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If I had a choice between laissez faire capitalism and what we have now I'd choose the former, and I don't like socialism because it's just communism but pisspoor.
But capitalism versus communism? Communism all the way. |
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exton
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 2:59 am Post subject: |
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You think that power consolidation doesn't happen in a free market?
You can certainly compose an idealized world view in which this works, but that world view will not match reality, because it would require throwing out certain characteristics of human nature and of the universe that we live in. |
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Lester
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:39 am Post subject: |
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| Advertising is designed to take the freedom from the market. |
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Anym
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Lester wrote: | | Advertising is designed to take the freedom from the market. |
Watches TV ad buy coke, buy Viagra, buy insurance. |
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Lester
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:14 am Post subject: |
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| Anym wrote: | | Lester wrote: | | Advertising is designed to take the freedom from the market. |
Watches TV ad buy coke, buy Viagra, buy insurance. |
If you actually watched ads for those specific items just before you posted that, you will be my hero. |
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fellfire
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Lester wrote: | | Advertising is designed to take the freedom from the market. |
Please clarify. Are you saying "Advertising, as it is done today, is designed to take the freedom from the market." or "Advertising, in all forms, is designed to take the freedom from the market." I'm a little confused about your point. |
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Anym
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Lester wrote: | | Anym wrote: | | Lester wrote: | | Advertising is designed to take the freedom from the market. |
Watches TV ad buy coke, buy Viagra, buy insurance. |
If you actually watched ads for those specific items just before you posted that, you will be my hero. |
Not but in America there are only 3 types of ads ones for fast food, insurance, and erectile dysfunction. Occasionally girls gone wild. |
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fellfire
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Anym wrote: | | Lester wrote: | | Anym wrote: | | Lester wrote: | | Advertising is designed to take the freedom from the market. |
Watches TV ad buy coke, buy Viagra, buy insurance. |
If you actually watched ads for those specific items just before you posted that, you will be my hero. |
Not but in America there are only 3 types of ads ones for fast food, insurance, and erectile dysfunction. Occasionally girls gone wild. |
What late night channel are you watching? |
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exton
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:07 am Post subject: |
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| Sounds like comedy central. |
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Lester
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:25 am Post subject: |
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| exton wrote: | | Sounds like comedy central. |
I was so thinking this, that is sad, I don't even live on your continent anymore!!
Spike is also big with those three, cept they have hair loss ones too. |
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Lester
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:27 am Post subject: |
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| fellfire wrote: | | Lester wrote: | | Advertising is designed to take the freedom from the market. |
Please clarify. Are you saying "Advertising, as it is done today, is designed to take the freedom from the market." or "Advertising, in all forms, is designed to take the freedom from the market." I'm a little confused about your point. |
Most definitely the first one, the second one? ehh, I dunno, I'm having trouble see anyone using advertisement to do nothing more than say that they have stuff.
Old Navy. Clothing can be exchanged for money here.
??? |
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fellfire
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Lester wrote: | | fellfire wrote: | | Lester wrote: | | Advertising is designed to take the freedom from the market. |
Please clarify. Are you saying "Advertising, as it is done today, is designed to take the freedom from the market." or "Advertising, in all forms, is designed to take the freedom from the market." I'm a little confused about your point. |
Most definitely the first one, the second one? ehh, I dunno, I'm having trouble see anyone using advertisement to do nothing more than say that they have stuff.
Old Navy. Clothing can be exchanged for money here.
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Hmmm ... well isn't advertising suppose to take freedom from the market by making it seem to the consumer that they have fewer choices? "buy my stuff or your are a stupid ugly person" |
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Lester
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:11 am Post subject: |
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| Well it's less that and more, buy my stuff and you *aren't* a stupid ugly person who can't get laid. |
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fellfire
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, but what's the difference? they are both the point of advertising, aren't they? |
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