re: #296 b_sharp

Corps spend billions every year making sure the average person feels like shit because they don’t have the latest doodad. In a species where memories can be inserted into the mind with a little work, it is ridiculously easy to trigger a feeling of loss.

Companies like Walmart are manipulating people into buying what they don’t need.

I think that’s true of most companies, stores, etc. I used to go food shopping at the Morgan Hill Walmart. Never bought what I didn’t need. My sister still shops there. It’s the cheapest place to get food. She just emailed me about some kippered snacks she just bought there. I bought a bunch of winter clothing early this season at Walmart. My sister is about the only one willing to help me out. My brother doesn’t shop at Walmart and listens to Democracy Now. I haven’t heard from him in months.