Meanwhile, Sprint PCS, to take one example, runs TV ads claiming its cell phone service has the best quality. Its cell phone survey actually has the worst quality, according to _Consumer Reports_. Some hundreds of thousands of people buy Sprint phones due to the ads. The ads are manipulation. No God involved or needed to make this observation of a fact.
As to corporate manipulation of self-identity, what percentage of car-buyers do you think believe some part of the proposals the car makers peddle to them about how their car is an important extension/reflection of themselves? I'd guess 50 percent. That's also manipulation and exploitation.
Cheerio.