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How Marketing Devalues Language

I received an email from Amazon the other day which informed me: “We’re sorry to report that the delivery of your order will take 1 working day longer than originally estimated due to a delay at our Fulfillment Centre.” [copy-and-pasted … Continue reading

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Paranoia to the People

Almost all marketing is designed to engender self-doubt and paranoia. There are various reasons for this but the main one is that companies can’t sell confident people shit that they neither need nor want so they have to create hungers … Continue reading

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