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@phiofx @gerrymcgovern @jackofalltrades @FantasticalEconomics

I'm no fan of advertisers, but are you sure this isn't an urban legend? Do you know anyone who actually buys all new clothes every year?

Think of other environment-wrecking insatiable demands: do they advertise 2-acre McMansions?

The idea that advertising brainwashes consumers rests on a capitalist myth: that consumer demand drives supply. But no -- providers determine (and limit) the options and folks have to choose among them.