Think about it, if you go to work for somebody every day, put away 10-25% of what you make, invest which is really just gambling that you pick a winner, you will not, even at the end of your life have even one million, let alone a billion dollars.
Now think about advertising. The key word in business, industry and advertising is spin. I've known and worked for a few spin doctors. They think nothing about what spin actually is. Spin is just lying.
A man has a house to sell. Buyers come by to see it. They ask questions:
"Is the foundation sound?"
He doesn't know but he says, "Yes, I just had it inspected." (a lie)
"Is the plumbing up to date?"
He replaced visible iron pipes with copper but not those hidden in the walls and he's put temporary sealant on a couple of valve leaks, "yes", he says and shows them the receipts for the copper pipes.
"Is the well water good?"
"Yes", he says but he just the day before 'shocked' the well by pouring a gallon of bleach in because the water has been iffy since he owned the house.
Do you think he's justified in lying about these things because it would cost him too much to fix them and few people would buy the house if he was honest about them? Do you think he's in a fix and the only way out is to lie?
Then, you can expect just about anyone else to do the same to you.
Corporations spend millions of dollars learning the weaknesses of consumers in order to make claims, design products and create dependencies so they can continue to sell products that nobody needs.
Now they have gained the power to influence OUR government over the interests of all of the rest of us.
That's the reason regulations are needed. If you believe that businessmen are honest as saints and will do right by their customers, you are a fool. If you believe that people who are taken advantage of by the deceit of others deserve what they get, then you will be sure to be screwed by somebody because deceit means that you don't know that you're being screwed.
Dhu!
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