Comment by drewcoo
14 days ago
"Has become" is a bit of a stretch.
The 20th century was the century of Bernays.
https://theconversation.com/the-manipulation-of-the-american...
In the 20th century, teenagers were invented. Their purpose? An advertising target.
https://www.ushistory.org/us/46c.asp
The pop culture in the article seems to mostly be the culture of teenagers. This was always an entirely constructed racket.
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