On 31/08/2020 15:09, Mayayana wrote:
> "The Natural Philosopher"  wrote
>
> | It is to be understood that the moment an initiative for freedom or
> | genuine popular expression occurs, within a decade it will be bought,
> | controlled infiltrated and destroyed by big business and the profit
> | motive, and political activists.
> |
> | Allowing the people to have  free access to global communication was
> | intolerable. How would the lies of cultural propaganda and product
> | marketing be believed if everybody talked to each other and decided that
> | their product was, in fact, shit?
> |
>
>    There's always someone to cash in. But there are also
> millions of ostriches who just want to buy cheap stuff
> and would prefer that Google know what they're looking
> for. The travesty of the Web as spyware shopping mall
> was creatable due to demand.
>
>
I don't think it was. When I was MD marketing no marketing director was
ever able to actually determine how much of their massive budget
actually produced sales. Instead they simply treated it as a religion.
One had to have faith in it actually working.



--
Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the
gospel of envy.

Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

Winston Churchill

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