Unfortunately, a well-reasoned critique of consumer capitalism isn’t enough to stop the tears of your betrayed loved ones when you have rightfully boycotted “The Holidays.” And while “planting a tree in your name” seems to be entirely socially acceptable, “I wrote your name on a rock and threw it at a cop” seems not to be.
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Neuromarketing: Capitalism’s Mindfuck. Maybe.
Marketing, which was once an art of intuition, guessing and half-assed test groups, is becoming notably creepier.