From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Mon May 27 2002 - 17:03:12 MDT
Samantha Atkins wrote:
> ...We (rather governmental, economic, industrial and advertsing
> policies) have very purposefully played on common human sensibilities
> and interest to force as many people as possible into level of
> consumption that are insane and quite detriminal.
Samantha I would cheerfully agree with this comment if you
would change the word "force" to "compel". Sure, of course
the ad industry compels people to spend their brains out.
Thats their job, and they do it well. The ad industry
understands human nature, far better than I do, and I
congratulate them. I love to see superbowl ads, just to
admire their competence and cleverness.
Of course we proles have a means of fighting back. We
fight back by *not* spending ourselves into oblivion and
slavery. We must have DISCIPLINE, good old fashioned
military-style self discipline. Dont be afraid of it, self discipline
is a good thing. Discipline thyself to think carefully, save
money, invest, work thine ass off, PROSPER!
This should be added to the extropian principles
somewhere. Prosperity is freedom. Prosperity
is very extropic. spike
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