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Absolutely!!!

Victim is a little too strong though methinks.

It's very hard to liberate onesself from the concensus trance that so many, including significant others, have conditioned us to accept as normal and real over the entirety of our lives.

In order to triumph against mass marketing, we would also have to rebel against consumerism and all that that entails, including rebelling against the idea that we all have to be good little economic citizens and produce and buy stuff.

Hell, we are told that that is the path happiness eh?

The best we can do is prolly go 'beyond' the brand and acquire things that give us pleasure - beyond the ersatz pleasure we are promised by the dream makers and spin doctors.

I guess the first step is to teach out kids to be critical thinkers and get them to accept the fact that no-one is going to lament on their deathbed that they should have bought that Planet Ocean!

If we couldnt have 'things'
: You drive a Bentley and wear a Patek Philippe
: watch: “I’m richer than you and have waaay
: too much money.”

: You drive a Prius and wear a Citizen Eco: “I’m
: singlehandedly saving the planet and you
: probably still

: smoke Cigarettes.”

: You drive a Chevy pick-up truck and wear a
: Timex from J.C. Penneys: “Buy American and
: be American”, even though Timex movements

: come from China.

: You drive a Buick and wear a Tag-Heuer: “Tiger
: Woods likes them, they must be good.”

: You drive a Hummer and wear a Panerai
: Submersible: “I am a warrior. Or, at least I
: portrayed one in a movie.”

: You fly your own plane, drive a Corvette and
: wear a Breitling: “I used to be a fighter
: pilot and am very cool.”

: You drive a KIA and wear a brightly colored
: Festina quartz: “I don’t follow trends, I
: set them.”

: You drive a vintage Jaguar with right hand
: drive and wear a left stem
: Invicta: “Jazz is the only true classical
: music.”

: You drive a Volvo and wear a plastic digital
: Casio: “One can not have too much
: insurance.”

: You drive a company provided lease car and wear
: an Omega.

: “Investing in peripherals is the only sure
: thing.”

: You drive a Mercedes and wear a Rolex.

: You are not making a statement, but are a
: victim of mass marketing.