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Capitalism in practice

Capitalist society operates under the bizarre presumption that adults are rational, self-determining individuals who can make sensible choices between competing goods and maximise their chances of happiness. But in reality we are desperately open to be swayed in unhelpful directions by a mere glimpse of a picture. It is extremely hard to hold on to a sense of our own needs when our desires are continually inflamed,” said Alain de Botton about advertising in a capitalist society.

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