Advertising makes people buy things they don't need
"We really don't need a lot of the stuff that advertisers tell us we should buy (to make profits for shareholders of industries that are consuming resources and making hot air) ...we are made to feel we do by playing on basic human fears or competitive urges very cleverly."
From a comment from smogbad on The Independent map page:

"There needs to be a section mapping the shareholder>
industry>advertiser>consumer/addict>profit cycle.Politics is in there too, not only via the military industrial complex.

We really don't need a lot of the stuff that advertisers tell us we should buy (to make profits for shareholders of industries that are consuming resources and making hot air)...we are made to feel we do by playing on basic human fears or competitive urges very cleverly.

We should formulate policies that cut this link of false need creation and concentrate on delineating what real needs might be."
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Anthropogenic Climate Change »Anthropogenic Climate Change
Responding to climate change? »Responding to climate change?
Immediate action required »Immediate action required
How to reduce the risks/impact of climate change? »How to reduce the risks/impact of climate change?
Reduce emissions of greenhouse gases »Reduce emissions of greenhouse gases
How to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? »How to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
Adopt more sustainable patterns production and consumption »Adopt more sustainable patterns production and consumption
Encourage sustainable patterns of consumption »Encourage sustainable patterns of consumption
Reduce consumption of goods and services »Reduce consumption of goods and services
Shift from cycle of false need creation, focus on real needs »Shift from cycle of false need creation, focus on real needs
Advertising makes people buy things they don't need
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