The Corporation
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They cant do it.
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They are tomorrows
adult consumers

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To start talking with them now
build that relationship

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when they’re younger...
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And you’ve got
them as an adult.

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Somebody asked me you
know Lucy is that ethical?

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You know you’re essentially
manipulating these children.

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Well yeah
is it ethical?

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I don’t know.
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But our role at initiative
is to move products

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And if we know
you move products

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with a certain
creative execution

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placed in a certain
type of media vehicle

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then we’ve
done our job.

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Every institution
provides the people

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who are members of it
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with asocial
role to occupy

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And typically institutions
that are vibrant

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and have a lot of power
will specify that role

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in some sense as
a list of virtues.

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It's true for churches
for schools

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for any institution that
has power over people

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and shapes them.
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The corporation likewise.
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It provides us
with a list of virtues

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a kind of social role
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which is
the good consumer.

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Like the waters
of the mighty ocean

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people also represent
tremendous force

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the understanding of which
is the greatest importance

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to the American
way of life.

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This force is known
as consumer power.

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The goal for the corporations
is to maximize profit

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and market share.
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And they also have a goal
for their target

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namely the population.
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They have to be turned into
completely mindless consumers

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of goods that
they do not want.

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You have to develop what
are called created wants

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So you have
to create wants.

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You have to pose
on people what's called

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a philosophy of futility.
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You have to focus them
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on the insignificant
things of life


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