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People are marketed and marketable. "This is what good mothers do." "This is what a man should be/look like." "This is what a beautiful desirable woman wears. looks like." Naked women have been draped over cars to sell them. We can be commodified, objectified or used to manipulate the public, to create and sell things, fashions, perfumes, food, anything really. This use of people is neither intrinsically good nor bad but we need to see for what it is.

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Well said.

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Thank you. I have always tried to maintain a criticality of thought. How do we know what we know? Is there ever such a thing as an unbiased presentation? It may be futile with some people but can I warn them against being misled?

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