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3 Paragraph Response: Edward Bernay

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3 Paragraph Response I find the aspect of buying what one desires versus what one needs very compelling especially today. As a society, we buy may more things than we need, and per the documentary we have Edward Bernays to thank for that. It is a great thing for the economy, but it is an attempt to fix our problems through buying unnecessary items. Something else I found very interesting is the views on democracy presented in the documentary. I have always believed it to be an active citizenship type of government like President Hoover envisioned; however, I can see how many people are simply passive consumers like Bernays thought. This passive leads to a power in big business and politicians because they can play off our irrational yet predictable

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