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Adam
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I just watched a show called The Merchants Of Cool, about turning American kids into a source of profit, to the extent of shaping their beliefs and behaviours. While I think people have free will and they're stupid punks if they don't realize what's going on, it's true that the companies are interested only in milking them for everything they can get. On their website they have LOTS of information, such as the companies which basically own it all, which parts of the mass media they own, which companies they have that profit from what they display, et cetera. While they definitely put the most negative spin on it they could, it was kind of interesting.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/