“The main purpose of advertising is to undermine markets. If you go to graduate school and you take a course in economics, you learn that markets are systems in which informed consumers make rational choices. That's what's so wonderful about it. But that's the last thing that the state corporate system wants. It is spending huge sums to prevent that.” IfsWantStatesSchoolLastsPurposeChoicesCoursesWonderfulHugeEconomicsSpendingRationalAdvertisingConsumersCorporateGraduatesGraduate School Author:Noam Chomsky
“It is advertising that enthrones the customer as king. This infuriates the socialist...[it is] the crossing of the boundary between West Berlin and East Berlin. It is Checkpoint Charlie, or rather Checkpoint Douglas, the transition from the world of choice and freedom to the world of drab, standard uniformity.” WorldChoicesKingsStandardsWestCustomersEastBoundariesAdvertisingTransitionSocialistCharlieBerlinCrossingsUniformityCheckpointsEast BerlinWest Berlin Author:Enoch Powell
“Advertising. I'd definitely like to try that. In fact, it was a genuine second choice career-wise. I'd be good at selling stuff - I've got the gift of the gab.” TryingFactsChoicesStuffCareersWiseBe GoodGenuineSellingAdvertisingSecond Choice Author:Tony Blackburn