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ArishMell · 70-79, M
Is[i] what[/i] clever, etc. ?
Most people are [i]not [/i]stupid but many seem as if they were never taught or encouraged to learn and to think about what they are shown or told. So they will be at the mercy of those, such as advertising companies, who learn how to exploit ordinary human weaknesses.
The "cleverest" so-called marketing seems for the least useful, indeed most meretricious, goods or services; and aimed at people who can, but don't, think about the so-shallow advertisements and their own needs and wants.
So not stupidity at all, but not questioning. Often too, herd instinct; hence the common fear of not following "fashion" or "trends", or of failing to be part of the great "now-we-all".
Most people are [i]not [/i]stupid but many seem as if they were never taught or encouraged to learn and to think about what they are shown or told. So they will be at the mercy of those, such as advertising companies, who learn how to exploit ordinary human weaknesses.
The "cleverest" so-called marketing seems for the least useful, indeed most meretricious, goods or services; and aimed at people who can, but don't, think about the so-shallow advertisements and their own needs and wants.
So not stupidity at all, but not questioning. Often too, herd instinct; hence the common fear of not following "fashion" or "trends", or of failing to be part of the great "now-we-all".