[lbo-talk] Advertisings effects (was Death of Dean)

[Carl Remick]

>From: Bill Bartlett <billbartlett at dodo.com.au>
>
>At 11:06 PM +0000 14/2/04, Carl Remick wrote:
>
>>Neither Fabian nor old-style Bolshevik am I, but the thing speaks for 
>>itself:  Most people are pliable fools who are oblivious to their 
>>interests and highly suggestible regarding their wants. Certainly that is 
>>true in the US.
>
>Some of the time. And some are fools all the time. But it is well know that 
>you can't fool all the people all the time. No doubt that applies even in 
>America.

American Exceptionalism takes many forms ;-)  Actually, my favorite 
variation on the theme you mention goes:  You can fool some of the people 
all of the time and all of the people some of the time ... and usually 
that's enough.

Carl

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