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14. It's as if having particular things that others can't have will make us somehow better.

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 12:45 PM

Jul 2014

Advertising stimulates envy.

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Consume, Consume, Consume With The False Promise Of Happiness! [View all] mia Jul 2014 OP

Do you follow Buddhist teachings? PowerToThePeople Jul 2014 #1

Not sure. mia Jul 2014 #3

. snagglepuss Jul 2014 #2

Yes. mia Jul 2014 #6

I thought all of this was well-known. WinkyDink Jul 2014 #4

I need to remind myself from time to time. mia Jul 2014 #8

Yup, well known, and very Buddhist davekriss Jul 2014 #13

All those advertisements must be working. mia Jul 2014 #10

Consumption preserves the illusion of middle class comfort n/t leftstreet Jul 2014 #7

It's the basis of advertising. Trillo Jul 2014 #9

You're all not going to believe this but Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #11

Yeah, pretty much Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #16

Indeed. It's a shame. 10,000 years ago humans were much more enlightened. Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #18