After viewing the video, it has become more clear to me how much advertising there is within one person's life. With the Super Bowl just being held yesterday, advertisement was more for entertainment, whereas most days it is simply advertisement. Just as it is for the Super Bowl, for children these days the labels on each product send more subliminal messages than anything else. It's ridiculous that people of today's society are so submursed in the ads that they only go for the brand names when they go shopping. You can get the same thing, for a cheaper price, somewhere else. Half the time, when you buy a product, all you are paying for is the label. The children of today are going to grow up, not knowing how to think for themselves, not understanding how to compare products and seeing which one has the better deal. They are only going to care about who has what, and when can I get it. The problems are already starting to develop, especially in young children because if they cannot have what everyone else has, then they will start to cry.
I think society, as a whole, needs to come together and figure out a way to end this problem. It may not be as important of an issue as other problems in the world, such as war and economics, but it is still one that needs to be sorted out, in order to help the people of tomorrow.
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I agree that this is a problem that needs to be sorted out. It is a huge problem, but I think a lot of the problem is the parents. They give in to their kids and never tell them "no." Kids will learn the majority of what they eventually think is right or wrong from their parents, so I think the parents need to grow up and push back against society. And, actually, this is a huge part of economics, so I definately agree with you.
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