One of the problems of the Master Arts is that there is NO money for advertising so no one knows about the product and its values.
REH ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 8:28 AM Subject: RE: Find the cause (was RE: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites > You might add that the relentless advertising is tax deductible as an > operating cost. So we are all helping to subsidize this propaganda. Both > as a tax deduction and as a cost which appears in the prices of products. > > arthur > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Lunde [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 3:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Find the cause (was RE: [Futurework] FW Basic Income sites > > > > > Therefore, in any criticism of consumerism (and I agree that it's now a > > damaging symptom of modern society) unless you can find a universal cause > > then it is pointless to argue against it morally because it is > unstoppable. > > If we find a cause, then we might be able to suggest alternatives. > > > > Keith > > Thomas: > > Could the cause be relentless advertising which is in effect a form of > brainwashing. > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework