American liberals keep blaming "consumerism", like Conservatives blaming liberals, but let's ask a very honest question: will we want to replace the merchant-nanny with "educated" people (who were humiliated by both Liberal and Conservatives)? Will they want their children to be educated well at school? The answer is: NO.
Blaming game is over; i don't want to hear anyone saying "who controlled the people". Instead, ask yourself: are you a part of participants?
America wanted God out of its schools and institutions. No 10 commandments in its courts. No preaching at the workplace. No after-school prayers for the young ones. This is it, America. This is what a country without God starts to look like.
@Colthrone How do you explain Europe then? 52% of people in Europe do not believe in god, they don't have a culture almost entirely based on consumerism.
When you really stop to consider on the matter…Couldn’t one fairly say that “advertising’s” sole purpose is to cause people to break the 10th commandment?
You Idiots. This is not a "cultural/society" based issue. It is the GOVERNMENT that allows, and wants this behavior. It is the Politicians that use this as a weapon to control people...
@MrVirtualCoder Or maybe the politicians need the corporation to fund their campaign. They don't want it, but they must follow the order of the economy if they want to maintain their position. And the corporations are busy maintaining and expanding their corporation or they will loose their rat race. Politician need their money, corporations need their power... where is the end in this circle? At the moment we've depleted our resources...
This should show that as a parent you need more control and awareness of what your child does so you can teach them right from wrong and not Disney channel.
its actually really upsetting when you are raising a child that sees a commercial and immediately they scream "i love it!" without even really knowing what it actually is. marketers know what type of music and and colors to incorporate into the product advertising and exactly how to present something to a child in a way that will make it irresistable to them with the help of psychologists! its shameless.
@imfrickincrazy It IS shameless! Take for example children's cereals. Many are LOADED with white sugar, fructose (another form of sugar), glucose (yet another name for sugar), stupid artificial coloring (red #40, yellow#5) etc, to make them very COLORFUL, and made into silly shapes to encourage the children to indulge and eat more.
I recall when I was about 10 years old and I was hooked on those nasty sugary cereals, filled with too many carbs and sugar and no protein. I never went back.
i think some of you are missing the point here...this is trying to show the viewer that everything being markerted and sold to your kids or to you for your kids is meant to get children hooked to keep them as life long consumers which brings in the big bucks which is clearly good for the companys.. only it leaves a lasting negative effect on the childs emotional and congnitive thinking in general. sooo parents can only do so much, this shit is being fed to children everywhere they turn.
@imfrickincrazy Isn't there a way for parents to adopt a wholesome lifestyle for the sake of their children? One where they might perhaps get fit along with their children, being outdoors, and telling them about what companies do?
@TFWC88 thats the only way to do it i guess. constantly explain to your children to be critical towards advertising the best you can, eventually it should stick and one day they wont immediately accept all the crap they see at face value.
@crossofthesphinx Yes, but I hope at age up to 7 we really do not care so much about THINGS that can be bought, but rather about who we have around. I mean, we had piles of toys and rubbish too and we didn´t care for them (actually these weremaking me rather unhappy, because my mother kept buying us toys she did not have as a kid and I was sorry to tell her I don´t want it..) and even being brought up in materialistic atmosphere I grew up to be minimalist and ecoactivist :-). I hope for best:-).
Actually, communists (who are actually types of socialists) believe that EVERYTHING belongs to EVERYONE and NO ONE makes any personal profit. Believe it or not, there are other economic systems besides capitalism and socialism(communism), so you can't truthfully say that if someone doesn't believe in consumerism they are a "commie".
communists, anyone who thinks consumerism is bad is a communist! I personally agree with AlexBoy006V2, consumerism is nice, and for a while kept our economy sustainable.
Fuck. It was so cool being a kid in the 90s and stuff. You have to be kidding me. If I have children someday then I will try to bring them up with my experiences as a kid as best as possible.
@naserian100 It's not so bad, they just target them cause kids have the a large amount of disposable income with no debt. Everything they receive they can spend without fear of economic ruin.
@naserian100 Doublethink, people are both enthused with environmentalism and enthused with consumerism. Although the environment will probably adapt to survive our pollution, we'll have to adapt too. If the sea levels rise, get the heck away from the coast!
When I was a kid we were supposed to be quiet and be greatful that we actually get food and housing. Nowsdays children I see in shops constantly screem "I want this, now, you HAVE TO get it for me!" :-). But maybe they will grow up out of it into rather happy and thougtful people just like we did- however unlikely it was in those conditions.
You know, I'll bet when the first stick fell off the first tree and the first kid picked it up and started playing with it, there was a group of mother hens clucking sadly about how it was the end of innocence and now children wouldn't know how to play without sticks anymore now that there were sticks and who put those sticks there anyway and there oughtta be a law...
There's nothing in this world that changes less than human sensibilities.
@doula2010 it was still like that for kids in the late 70s, Star wars opened the flood gates in regard to merchandise and it just happened to coincide with the video arcade game boom. nothing has been the same since then.
I had a daughter when i was 14 and since then ive become alot more aware of what this world is really about and im scared for her, myself, n everyone else. Im 19 now and considered a loner because i cant stand everone and how fake they express themselves. Its like a virus, how people express themselves nowadays and younger kids are learning from their siblings and its just outright stupid.
@subzero628 You are right, I used to get mad a myself for being different in my high school years, but now I look back and im glad I was different, it makes me feel special.
Don't isolate yourself from people. Sure, they may be fake, conformed, and ignorant (just like all of us in some way), but that doesn't make them bad people. If anything, it's people that refuse to conform and are fearless individuals that break past people's social molds and really bring out the best in them. Look at people like Patch Adams, that guy is fucking awesome.
@subzero628 Yea im the same way a loner, i hate it cause u can tell most people are fake it makes my insides twist and pisses me off i know they only want something from me.
First, let's not forget that a responsible parent will have a measure of control over how much of this garbage their child is exposed to. Secondly, this is a capitalist system that we exist in and one of the sort that the people CLEARLY want, so this type of marketing isn't going ANYWHERE - it's only going to get worse. It's really about overpopulation, jobs, finance and the cycle of life in that environment, if you take a moment and think about it.
This is an extremely important topic, and i look forward to seeing the film itself. The commodification of children (not to mention adults) and youth is one of the most serious problems of our time. We all have to act, whoever we are, to stop this insidious progression.
what's interesting is that the problems we see in the world were created unintentionally. it was through the study of making money, in order to survive, that brings marketers to study children. it's competition, it's drive for survival and prosperity, and it's driving us to consume. compare it to life hundreds of years ago and it's obvious where we are heading.
i think that this all is for money, maybe it's even obvious, well, cash rules everything around us, who loves money more than anything and does everything for it is the worst excuse for a human
Yes, let's ignore all of the findings of psychology, anthropology, biology and sociology and instead simplify everything and blame it on the parents, who are just as much of victims of society as their children.
I get that the media is a bitch and consumerism is the worst brainwashing we can give our kids but it is also up to the parents I think. Kids wouldnt get fat if we didnt buy them junk food and they wouldnt want toys every five seconds if we stood our ground and said no. Parents are becoming softer and softer and they need to take control!!!!
What sick parents are allowing people to follow their kids around with a camera into the supermarkets, schools, and BATHROOMS????!!!! These parents need to be arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child!
Sod having kids...Why breed paracites? Let me tell ya, kids (Like me) consume and want more. Kids that grow up into "Beautiful" adults need to be targeted, not (Like me) the ugly grown-ups.We should be left alone to drink our beer, smoke our fags and watch our tv and....Wait a minute, that's what I do do!
I love how people want to blame the big bad media for everything. Oh course it's not the parents who let the tv and internet babysit their kids. When I was a kid I got to watch Sesame Street & Mr. Rogers, that was it. I was 13 when I went to my first mall, 20 when I got my cell phone. If parents really cared about their kids they would pay attention to them for once!
@SteamRaven Good point that parenting is important, but I think the point here is that with our culture like this parents can't possibly keep their kids away from these messages. Ads are everywhere, not just on television, and so many products are cross marketed that there is no way to pick and choose what your children will be exposed to. When we have a culture that glorifies and encourages consumerism, the kids will soak this up, it is unavoidable.
@ossicles22 True about ads being everywhere, which is total balls. :| And while I get your point, in the end it's up to mom and dad to say 'no' to this bullshit. Sure, the kids might whine about how they -need- something, but it's up to the parents in the end. If a kid really -needs- that PS3 tell them to start saving for it. Not only does it not totally give into them but it teaches them the value of money and their work. I loved when I was a kid and I got spend the money that I worked for.
@SteamRaven It would be nice to pay attention to one's kids more often, but don't forget that many parents are also worried sick about keeping a roof over their heads and over those of the children; not to mention the fact that those parents who ARE working come home dead-tired, wanting some relief before they to go back to work or look for work(those who haven't given up on it).
I say the responsibility is 50/50. It's as easy as one little word. NO. It's just that simple. Say no! If little Billy finds something else to nag at you for, look 'em square in the eye and say "No!". My little sister asked me to take her on a shopping spree once I get paid and I said "Hell no. Christmas came and went. I'm not buying you useless junk you don't need." Harsh? Maybe. But she wont come begging for me to buy her stuff anymore.
Very well-made video. It is startling to see how much overt peer pressure is packed into these tv shows and commercials. I can't stop marketing and advertising, but the one thing within my power is to get rid of our tv, now, while my kids are still toddlers. It won't fix the world, but it's the right thing for me to do before they're old enough to watch tv and believe all the marketing. I am dropping the tv off at a donation center this afternoon. It's the right thing for me.
People are very slowly becoming aware that a child isn't a pet, but rather a small person, with her own hopes and motivations, fundamentally similar to that of an adult. One natural and intrinsic aspect of this new awareness includes marketing.
Surely, if anything, this increased empathy towards the most vulnerable members of society should mark a great and long-overdue leap forward, on mankind's otherwise painfully slow trod towards civilization?
@PanzerDivisionBOM People are slowly becoming aware that a child isn't a pet??!!!
People have known for 200.000 years that a child is a person, it might have only been since this two centuries that people GOT spoiled "pets" and started treating their kids as such. Bullcrap: Slowly realising they are persons..What do you take humanity for? The idiot consumers they are NOW? We haven't always been that way.
Yours are very common misconceptions, but misconceptions nonetheless. In truth, the history of human child-rearing is a dark and sordid tale, to which we've only recently begun conceiving the possibility of a happy ending. Like with poverty, child abuse was simply so common that no one thought to question or object to it.
If you're interested, you should have a look at Lloyd deMause's work in the field of psychoanalytical anthropology at psychohistory dotcom.
So you expect children in the age 6 to have learned to make rational decisions based upon ideas and concepts gained in a process of education which normally would require 12 years of school?
I do not accept the premise that public school generally renders students more capable of responsible decision-making than they would be in the absence of that institution.
I do however expect that parents will assume responsibility for the education and well-being of their children, and that so long as they perform this duty, then this increased awareness of the preferences of children becomes an unambiguously positive development.
New products displace older ones continually and this creates a want cycle that can be used to manipulate kids and teens into becoming relentless consumers. The goal is to create perceived obsolescence by continually creating a new "standard" along with the new product in order reinforce it's desirability. The sweet spot for marketing is the 16 to 20-somethings who still use this tween and teen want pattern but have the disposable income to take a run on the hamster wheel.
It is possible to be ethical and market to kids! Its down to the manufacturers to "do the right thing". These are the brands we should be putting pressure on. Unfortunately I think it's impossible to prevent commercialisation of kids unless you turn off the TV, put blinkers on when out of the house and stop them listening to the radio, using the internet or even talking to their friends.
Small steps, getting the right balance and talking to brand owners I believe is the way forward
Welp, I dunno what else you would expect from capitalism. Capitalism and free markets leads exactly to this. Corporatism, advertising, and consumer culture. It's literally the road to fascist communism, where every brand is everywhere. Everything is the same. Everyone wants the same things.
Like most people in the Western world, I remember the jingles and slogans of hundreds of ads, some as far back as 30+ years ago. They're hardwired into my brain now, and I know them as clearly as I know my multiplication tables. I HATE this - the fact that decades afterwards, my brain is still tainted with ancient ad campaigns. If I ever have children, I will keep them away from advertising and the majority of the mass media at all costs. I will ensure they learn HOW to think, not what to think.
@UncleFeedle shutting kids out isnt the way to tackle this problem. you cant put your child in a bubble. but your last statement says it all and i agree with it
@XXTheRealMcCoyXX At least in the schools I'm at they teach "critical thinking" in the curriculum. It's in Canada but is the effort to make people think critically geniune or just a method of causing people to reinforce the propaganda they have already seen through thought and prevent them from considering new ideas?
Pretty much, it's like their tightening there grip on peoples minds because the alternative media is getting to them... So they make a new definition of critical thinking.
@XXTheRealMcCoyXX When the teach "Critical thinking" my teacher makes the class look at ads and magazine articles and dissect them. But I do notice that they never even mention the possibility of analizing laws. My teacher happens to be anti-consumerist,and sometimes show us adbuster stuff. Almost like a choose your master picture, if you let ads influence you corporations are your master, If you believe everything you learn in school government is your master.
@UncleFeedle Soon enough you will watch out at anny men/woman that can be a pedophile and protect you child at any cost so it will have other problems how can you keep your child away from advertising thats nearly impossible so Thank you Usa for your wonderfull corporation you made a west consumer civilisation.
If parents didn't give in to every single thing their kids demanded, then advertising wouldn't be as successful. I don't think the media is to blame, I think poor parenting is to blame. I think good parents are extremely rare these days.
There isn't much that will make good advertising unsuccessful. Its incessant, intrusive and all pervasive. And its not just children that are affected by it we're all trained to be good little consumers, all our lives. We are rewarded by the enticement of products more than the product itself.
You cant blame poor parenting for a change in parental behavior when we are all hypnotized by the constant marketing.
You're right, none of us should be responsible for our own actions. It's a vicious cycle - and it's true, advertising WOULDN'T be as successful if parents didn't give their kids every single thing they wanted. When kids get everything they want, they turn into entitled, little brats that grow up to be entitled bratty adults who then, unfortunately, reproduce. Only people who are insecure or are incapable of having their own thoughts are that influenced by advertising, anyway.
We do take responsibility for own actions. But we are influenced by advertising. All people are influenced by advertising, secure and insecure.
I don't think the creators of advertising are concerned by some parents not giving their child everything they want, that child will soon grow up and purchase the brand they remember from early days.
So the brand that is remembered is the one that is purchased ensuring the longevity of that brand.
Who created the bratty quality in kids and adults?
@lnmgilbert2004 I agree to an extant. However, corporate culture and advertising has become much more vicious over the years. Corporations did not use to hire full marketing teams that have PhD's in Psychology that help instruct marketing teams about how they can penetrate young minds. It's become psychological warfare over lifestyle-manufacturing, corporate propaganda, and consumer "want creation" as it's called. It's not just parents and their lack of disciplinary vigil. It's worse.
i cant believe that advertisment is targeting cildren now. kids will become ill with this. thier life expectince will shrink and it will all go down hill. we are all just creating little shallow stuck up monsters. and we thougt thier was only the terrible two's.
This is the internet so save your educated review for someones resume or for someone who cares, you spent valuable time on my text comment when i take ap classes and make a gpa of 4.0...Back the fuck off please
What's wrong with that? I work with kids and teens and the ones who overconsume are spoiled little brats who think that they are entitled to everything.
Hold on you say the kids and teens that over consume are spoiled little brats. Well that is precisely what the video said. We all from cradle to grave are turning into over consumptive , spoiled , at times obese , brats.
The fear is that we should be able to choose not to be that and that choice is taken away.
If society and culture were to a less saturated form of marketing we could have the good times of yesteryear where good parenting prevailed.
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lol, wow. its a parents responsibility, to not let this kind of stuff happen, if a parent lets it happen, its not the advertisers fault, they just want to sell a product.
It has become pervasive throughout our society. Give me, give me, give me. Greed has become intermeshed within our societal fabric. I doubt very much that we can reverse the trend without a great dieoff. I don't think I would care to live in the world of tomorrow. I pity humanity, no good will come of us. Humanity had no plan from the getgo, and we still have no viable plan. I believe it's too late by far.
The brutal thing of ads aimed at children always suggest that they must be like the ad tells them. "You must have this product to be cool and trendy."
Now when there's trendy, there's also the obsolete. And the obsolete is not portrayed as trendy, cool or good. So the ads also suggest that kids who don't own the product aren't trendy, cool and awesome.
Basically these commercials suggest the Seperaration of Society just for profit.
100% agreed MrCalhoun.Even as adults we face advertisements that play off of our insecurities and now they're doing it to kids! We're allowing commecials to try and sell us some bs to make us more vain that the generation before us!Which is exactly why older people bitch so much about how young people "have it easier".I say it's 50/50 because of the bullshit pushed in everybody's faces today.They even play off the insecurities of older women with anti wrinkle commercials.
"dont blame the institutions of society blame the individual"..... wake up people we should have moved past this old, archaic mindset, wake up by now we have learned through evidence society affects the individual much more than is in our control.
Ah yes the fear is settling in. But wait there is a solution! And it is simple! Unplug your children from the Goddamned television and take some fucking responsibility in your child's development! I do not allow outside broadcasted televised media in my household! Sure we can watch movies and listen to radio but TV is not an option! Responsibility people, try some, for your children's sake. The schools cant babysit them 24 hours a day!
When people are smart; Demand creates its own supply. But when people are dumb; supply creates its own demand. It is up to every person to resist media influences and not expect laws to do the work for them.
it at the beggining that caught my eye whats the hells wrong with better comercials or movies than when out parents were young it has just got put into color and got a bit more sparke
No it's not that simple. Even when you do get rid of the TV you still got magazines, you got radio, you got billboards, you got many other things. The TV is the main tool that the Mass Market Media uses, but it's not the only tool.
The kids I babysit from ages 3-10, I notice they have tons and tons of marketed bullcrap. I think about how sick it is how these people can milk the kids parents of money by stuffing their minds with this "I NEED IT"
There is going to be no such thing as a super consumer cuture because we will never get there! The economy is going to collapse and they will learn to value nessesity over luxery whether they fucking like it or not.
Some of the clips of kids' programming here are taken out of context. For example, the shallow girls at 3:30 criticizing another girl's appearance on "Hannah Montana" are ANTAGONISTS and depicted as shallow. The audience is hardly meant to sympathize with them.
Bravo. Time somebody did something like this. I grew up in the 90's mostly and while it wasn't as bad then, it was a lot still. Nowadays it's super obvious though how commercialized kids are that's actually the exact word I thought of too. And I love how the official website for this shows the dvd costing $250 and requiring an account to see the normal price. Talk about not stupid.
I fully agree with this presentation, but please don't ask for Government intervention; we are already living in Gestapo world. Maybe lets get together and turn our televisions into plow shears.
I mostly agree with this video. However, I must say that ADD and ADHD are NOT developed over time. Kids are born with it and it is a very common thing, especially around boys. That's the main reason why most kids do poorly in school and commericialism has nothing to do with it. And I don't think we should condemn all forms of entertainment such as TV, video games, internet, and ipods. But yeah, overall I do agree with this vid.
Boy you need to read up on how "ADD" etc. are engineered by the mind-control psychiatric establishment. Then of course it's a lot easier to surrender to some diagnostic label than to confront the evil behind manufactured problems.
Excuse me, but...MY BROTHER HAS ADD and so does my mom. So don't say I don't know my facts. I live with two people who have this condition and I know that the media is not to be blamed. Sure, it may be easier to blame something like TV or video games, but that's just shoving your problems under the carpet. xD
Consider that you are a hypnonsis subject. You are just running your mouth. Stop to think. Why are you taking on the role of a parrot?
Your statements don't corrolate from line to line. Taking medication is 'sweeping things under a rug'. To indentify the possible causes is doing something real. Have you ever stopped watching TV or playing video games? Test it out. Really, you don't know what facts are. Consider.
LOL!! You amuse me how you can go around judging people for yourself when you've never even met me. You don't know what the hell you're talking about...I do, on the other hand because I know what ADD is because I live with people who have it.
LOL And you think I watch TV and play video games all day? xD Wow...where is your evidence of that? Please come up with a better comeback next time when you've had time to sort things out in your brain.
I am a philosopher. My am sick for sorting my thoughts well. Maybe you should take your own advice.
I am not passing judgement. I am advocationg objective consideration on the information that you have soaked up over the years. Maybe you've been listening to bad people. Most people have. Consider that all behavior medication is just mind control for those who want an easily enslaved population.
Read some of the other posts here. People are working their own bean. Maybe you should try it.
Mind control? Ooo, scary. Just curious, have you ever tried medication? Do you even have ADD? I guess not according to your faulty thoughts on it. My mom has taken ADD medication for 20 years and my brother has taken it ever since he was diagnosed with ADD. No offense, but it's foolish to assume that their minds are controlled by the big bad doctors. xD
Just consider that the medical industry is all about selling sickness. It's a make work program. There are restless kids because the world is too dull. I won't take medication because I'm not into getting scammed.
Only consider my points then please make up your 'own' mind. All advocary the medical industry puts out supports a scam. It's veiled in fear.
I agree with you. There is no such thing as ADD. People will take any trait and slap a disorder on it... everyone probably has thousands of disorders, but why diagnose and treat all of them?
@BearGirl26 That's not the point. Public education and doctors get subsidies for how much medication they prescribe (basically, a "quota" if you will). There are doctors (most of them now to a large extant) who get kickbacks for recommending big- pharma to patients. It's the same in schools. They'll get a counselor to meet the parents and be the interventionist claiming the child "needs" meds. The program's been on the books for 20 years. It does weaken minds and passify the population. Proven.
Hmmm... I don't doubt that. Can you give me a link to some sources? Save a sleep deprived high school student some time so he doesn't have to Google it all?
This is all just pure hype. It's hype as it gets. When you take a child's health and consideration into perspective, shouldn't it be up to the parent? Isn't it the parents responsibility to determine the child's growing values. I also noticed that these so called intellectuals took the most exaggerated and more likely antagonist of children's shows and claimed that they are the role models for children.
Well its not the media's fault that parents WILL NOT raise their kids. ALL parents are responsible for their children's personality and behavior. Even the most impoverished of families can hold onto strong family and moral values.
Nothing annoys me more is when parents say "well we both have to work so we can't control our kids" and they go off and blame the media for youth violence. It doesn't take money to build a sense of bonding between parents and children.
It DOESN'T take a village to raise a child, it takes a family to raise a child. Random people in society should not give 2 flying shits about some child they do not know about. This isn't a commune. When I see some 16 year old freak killing kittens for fun, its not the media's problem or responsibility. Why should we limit our freedom of speech just because many parents aren't really good parents.
So, if you see some 16 year old freak killing kittens for fun, you're just going to keep walking? No, it DOES take a village to raise ALL the kids - you need to take responsibility as a human being to educate that brat that what he's doing is WRONG. Look outside your little box - we're all out here, and if I ever saw one of your kids doing something heinous DAMN STRAIGHT I'm going to say something to them. And then to you for raising them without a conscience.
You missed my whole point. Yes I would do something about it, but I wouldn't do it for that freak of a kid. I would do it to save the cats. If I had a choice to let that kid die to save those kittens I would do it, because HE is the villain, and HE is the reason why this is all happening.
It was up to the parents to shape that kids personality. Not society. So if he grew up to be a freak, then everything wrong he does is his fault alone.
About all of the violent boys or wild children I knew or heard about were influenced by the media, I admit that. HOWEVER, the main problem was that they all came from backgrounds that were in my definition: Culturally Challenged.
They were the type of family's in which there was no sense of connection between the parent and child, only just that the child was a mouth to feed. There were always things that were just acceptable in which that they shouldn't be accepted.
Today's kids don't stand a chance! Even if I prevent my son from watching tv the advertisers will still get to him through other means. Is it just me, or were we less materialistic years ago?
1:30 nice us of the Henry Mancini "Pink Panther" till 2:00, guys.
SteveCarras 2 weeks ago
American liberals keep blaming "consumerism", like Conservatives blaming liberals, but let's ask a very honest question: will we want to replace the merchant-nanny with "educated" people (who were humiliated by both Liberal and Conservatives)? Will they want their children to be educated well at school? The answer is: NO.
Blaming game is over; i don't want to hear anyone saying "who controlled the people". Instead, ask yourself: are you a part of participants?
inferno0020 1 month ago
America wanted God out of its schools and institutions. No 10 commandments in its courts. No preaching at the workplace. No after-school prayers for the young ones. This is it, America. This is what a country without God starts to look like.
Colthrone 1 month ago
@Colthrone How do you explain Europe then? 52% of people in Europe do not believe in god, they don't have a culture almost entirely based on consumerism.
samiam1995 1 month ago
@Colthrone lol
MrTsBastardChild 1 month ago
When you really stop to consider on the matter…Couldn’t one fairly say that “advertising’s” sole purpose is to cause people to break the 10th commandment?
nicodemous52 2 months ago
/watch?v=NEe4lQP7akg
cotymcclung 2 months ago
You Idiots. This is not a "cultural/society" based issue. It is the GOVERNMENT that allows, and wants this behavior. It is the Politicians that use this as a weapon to control people...
MrVirtualCoder 4 months ago
@MrVirtualCoder Or maybe the politicians need the corporation to fund their campaign. They don't want it, but they must follow the order of the economy if they want to maintain their position. And the corporations are busy maintaining and expanding their corporation or they will loose their rat race. Politician need their money, corporations need their power... where is the end in this circle? At the moment we've depleted our resources...
nathanvanrijn 4 months ago
See THE NETWORK SPEECH people
indydaisy1 4 months ago
This should show that as a parent you need more control and awareness of what your child does so you can teach them right from wrong and not Disney channel.
AwkwardArmadillo 5 months ago
Can i film all my opinions, state them as fact and concerning problems, and publish a documentary too?
26jiffy 7 months ago 2
@26jiffy Go ahead.
Elefantter 5 months ago
another good documentary to check out is the corporation
imfrickincrazy 7 months ago
its actually really upsetting when you are raising a child that sees a commercial and immediately they scream "i love it!" without even really knowing what it actually is. marketers know what type of music and and colors to incorporate into the product advertising and exactly how to present something to a child in a way that will make it irresistable to them with the help of psychologists! its shameless.
imfrickincrazy 8 months ago
@imfrickincrazy It IS shameless! Take for example children's cereals. Many are LOADED with white sugar, fructose (another form of sugar), glucose (yet another name for sugar), stupid artificial coloring (red #40, yellow#5) etc, to make them very COLORFUL, and made into silly shapes to encourage the children to indulge and eat more.
I recall when I was about 10 years old and I was hooked on those nasty sugary cereals, filled with too many carbs and sugar and no protein. I never went back.
TFWC88 7 months ago
i think some of you are missing the point here...this is trying to show the viewer that everything being markerted and sold to your kids or to you for your kids is meant to get children hooked to keep them as life long consumers which brings in the big bucks which is clearly good for the companys.. only it leaves a lasting negative effect on the childs emotional and congnitive thinking in general. sooo parents can only do so much, this shit is being fed to children everywhere they turn.
imfrickincrazy 8 months ago
@imfrickincrazy Isn't there a way for parents to adopt a wholesome lifestyle for the sake of their children? One where they might perhaps get fit along with their children, being outdoors, and telling them about what companies do?
TFWC88 7 months ago
@TFWC88 thats the only way to do it i guess. constantly explain to your children to be critical towards advertising the best you can, eventually it should stick and one day they wont immediately accept all the crap they see at face value.
imfrickincrazy 7 months ago
@crossofthesphinx Yes, but I hope at age up to 7 we really do not care so much about THINGS that can be bought, but rather about who we have around. I mean, we had piles of toys and rubbish too and we didn´t care for them (actually these weremaking me rather unhappy, because my mother kept buying us toys she did not have as a kid and I was sorry to tell her I don´t want it..) and even being brought up in materialistic atmosphere I grew up to be minimalist and ecoactivist :-). I hope for best:-).
finehomemadewine 8 months ago
I AM TIRED OF IT!
LaLobaSpirit 8 months ago
Oh my god you don't develop ADHD or ADD you are born with it.
mhart29 8 months ago
@ theotherguy245689
Actually, communists (who are actually types of socialists) believe that EVERYTHING belongs to EVERYONE and NO ONE makes any personal profit. Believe it or not, there are other economic systems besides capitalism and socialism(communism), so you can't truthfully say that if someone doesn't believe in consumerism they are a "commie".
Just thought I'd let y' know.
Taiyonoco 8 months ago
Oh boy, I wanna buy this DVD!
musiclover041591 8 months ago
communists, anyone who thinks consumerism is bad is a communist! I personally agree with AlexBoy006V2, consumerism is nice, and for a while kept our economy sustainable.
theotherguy245689 8 months ago
Fuck. It was so cool being a kid in the 90s and stuff. You have to be kidding me. If I have children someday then I will try to bring them up with my experiences as a kid as best as possible.
That Disney channel skit was lame.
AlecBoy006V2 8 months ago
dirty Zionist media....
mrtundra45 9 months ago
So wait?
Are you opposed to McDonald's funding equipment for schools?
I agree with much of what you say but that and the whole "they film them EVERYWHERE!" are just plain stupid.
jzime 10 months ago
Its terrible!!! I m so scared .........Where does this world going??????
naserian100 11 months ago
@naserian100 It's not so bad, they just target them cause kids have the a large amount of disposable income with no debt. Everything they receive they can spend without fear of economic ruin.
ChannelingusXIV 10 months ago
@naserian100 Doublethink, people are both enthused with environmentalism and enthused with consumerism. Although the environment will probably adapt to survive our pollution, we'll have to adapt too. If the sea levels rise, get the heck away from the coast!
EricNyhmfan 9 months ago
i... hate... disney... you turned my 9 year old nephew into a girly diva
RLhockey203 1 year ago
When I was a kid we were supposed to be quiet and be greatful that we actually get food and housing. Nowsdays children I see in shops constantly screem "I want this, now, you HAVE TO get it for me!" :-). But maybe they will grow up out of it into rather happy and thougtful people just like we did- however unlikely it was in those conditions.
finehomemadewine 1 year ago
Btw that 50 cent game is Piece of shit lol,And still it sold Shit loads how?
GTXMAN 1 year ago
You know, I'll bet when the first stick fell off the first tree and the first kid picked it up and started playing with it, there was a group of mother hens clucking sadly about how it was the end of innocence and now children wouldn't know how to play without sticks anymore now that there were sticks and who put those sticks there anyway and there oughtta be a law...
There's nothing in this world that changes less than human sensibilities.
SnarkLicker 1 year ago
As a child we had no money, T.V. or phone while I was a teenager. We took buses,
and got around on bicycles &walking. This was in the 60's. I don't remember ever
having other kids look down on me because I wore the same 3 outfits all the time.
The world has grown, everyday life is so expensive, and the internet has changed
everything in good&bad ways. Parents need to be properly educated themselves
or they will never educate their kids about diet,GMO foods,and the words"Don't need it."
doula2010 1 year ago 17
@doula2010 it was still like that for kids in the late 70s, Star wars opened the flood gates in regard to merchandise and it just happened to coincide with the video arcade game boom. nothing has been the same since then.
80sOGRE 3 weeks ago
I would like to know if the images of the minute 1.50 are took from some documentary?
wannout 1 year ago
The video itself was on YouTube, it was taken down TODAY. Where can I get a copy?
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RonaldoDeLosMuertos 1 year ago
I had a daughter when i was 14 and since then ive become alot more aware of what this world is really about and im scared for her, myself, n everyone else. Im 19 now and considered a loner because i cant stand everone and how fake they express themselves. Its like a virus, how people express themselves nowadays and younger kids are learning from their siblings and its just outright stupid.
subzero628 1 year ago
@subzero628 You are right, I used to get mad a myself for being different in my high school years, but now I look back and im glad I was different, it makes me feel special.
colombus66 1 year ago
@subzero628
Don't isolate yourself from people. Sure, they may be fake, conformed, and ignorant (just like all of us in some way), but that doesn't make them bad people. If anything, it's people that refuse to conform and are fearless individuals that break past people's social molds and really bring out the best in them. Look at people like Patch Adams, that guy is fucking awesome.
Thelaofkazi 1 year ago
@subzero628 Yea im the same way a loner, i hate it cause u can tell most people are fake it makes my insides twist and pisses me off i know they only want something from me.
TheSandman628 11 months ago
First, let's not forget that a responsible parent will have a measure of control over how much of this garbage their child is exposed to. Secondly, this is a capitalist system that we exist in and one of the sort that the people CLEARLY want, so this type of marketing isn't going ANYWHERE - it's only going to get worse. It's really about overpopulation, jobs, finance and the cycle of life in that environment, if you take a moment and think about it.
MarsHottentot 1 year ago
This is an extremely important topic, and i look forward to seeing the film itself. The commodification of children (not to mention adults) and youth is one of the most serious problems of our time. We all have to act, whoever we are, to stop this insidious progression.
keehu 1 year ago
what's interesting is that the problems we see in the world were created unintentionally. it was through the study of making money, in order to survive, that brings marketers to study children. it's competition, it's drive for survival and prosperity, and it's driving us to consume. compare it to life hundreds of years ago and it's obvious where we are heading.
it's our downfall.
sk8bow 1 year ago
this video just made me really sad and sorry for humanity
Hutcarlingos 1 year ago
i think that this all is for money, maybe it's even obvious, well, cash rules everything around us, who loves money more than anything and does everything for it is the worst excuse for a human
sasuketiger 1 year ago
if mcdonalds and pepsi and other brands didnt advertise how will they support themselves or how will anybody even know thy exist
extremeeXrement1 1 year ago
dont listen to your kids. plain and simple
crewlla 1 year ago
@crewlla
Yes, let's ignore all of the findings of psychology, anthropology, biology and sociology and instead simplify everything and blame it on the parents, who are just as much of victims of society as their children.
Thelaofkazi 1 year ago 10
I get that the media is a bitch and consumerism is the worst brainwashing we can give our kids but it is also up to the parents I think. Kids wouldnt get fat if we didnt buy them junk food and they wouldnt want toys every five seconds if we stood our ground and said no. Parents are becoming softer and softer and they need to take control!!!!
danroxmisox 1 year ago
What sick parents are allowing people to follow their kids around with a camera into the supermarkets, schools, and BATHROOMS????!!!! These parents need to be arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child!
LACinFL 1 year ago 4
Sod having kids...Why breed paracites? Let me tell ya, kids (Like me) consume and want more. Kids that grow up into "Beautiful" adults need to be targeted, not (Like me) the ugly grown-ups.We should be left alone to drink our beer, smoke our fags and watch our tv and....Wait a minute, that's what I do do!
afterdavit 1 year ago
I love how people want to blame the big bad media for everything. Oh course it's not the parents who let the tv and internet babysit their kids. When I was a kid I got to watch Sesame Street & Mr. Rogers, that was it. I was 13 when I went to my first mall, 20 when I got my cell phone. If parents really cared about their kids they would pay attention to them for once!
SteamRaven 1 year ago
@SteamRaven Good point that parenting is important, but I think the point here is that with our culture like this parents can't possibly keep their kids away from these messages. Ads are everywhere, not just on television, and so many products are cross marketed that there is no way to pick and choose what your children will be exposed to. When we have a culture that glorifies and encourages consumerism, the kids will soak this up, it is unavoidable.
ossicles22 1 year ago
@ossicles22 True about ads being everywhere, which is total balls. :| And while I get your point, in the end it's up to mom and dad to say 'no' to this bullshit. Sure, the kids might whine about how they -need- something, but it's up to the parents in the end. If a kid really -needs- that PS3 tell them to start saving for it. Not only does it not totally give into them but it teaches them the value of money and their work. I loved when I was a kid and I got spend the money that I worked for.
SteamRaven 1 year ago 4
@SteamRaven It would be nice to pay attention to one's kids more often, but don't forget that many parents are also worried sick about keeping a roof over their heads and over those of the children; not to mention the fact that those parents who ARE working come home dead-tired, wanting some relief before they to go back to work or look for work(those who haven't given up on it).
mannecyberguy 6 months ago
Just make these kids watch/read Fight Club. It'll set 'em straight.
ganstamannirvana93 1 year ago
@ganstamannirvana93 Or Taxi Driver
darthstew666 1 year ago
It's all about responsibility.
shallwethen 1 year ago
I say the responsibility is 50/50. It's as easy as one little word. NO. It's just that simple. Say no! If little Billy finds something else to nag at you for, look 'em square in the eye and say "No!". My little sister asked me to take her on a shopping spree once I get paid and I said "Hell no. Christmas came and went. I'm not buying you useless junk you don't need." Harsh? Maybe. But she wont come begging for me to buy her stuff anymore.
whiteclaudia9 2 years ago
Lol @ Panzer down there. Yeah, I'm sure advertising useless crap to children is a GREAT way to help them be independant thinkers.
whiteclaudia9 2 years ago
Very well-made video. It is startling to see how much overt peer pressure is packed into these tv shows and commercials. I can't stop marketing and advertising, but the one thing within my power is to get rid of our tv, now, while my kids are still toddlers. It won't fix the world, but it's the right thing for me to do before they're old enough to watch tv and believe all the marketing. I am dropping the tv off at a donation center this afternoon. It's the right thing for me.
ILoveRichardDawkins 2 years ago
People are very slowly becoming aware that a child isn't a pet, but rather a small person, with her own hopes and motivations, fundamentally similar to that of an adult. One natural and intrinsic aspect of this new awareness includes marketing.
Surely, if anything, this increased empathy towards the most vulnerable members of society should mark a great and long-overdue leap forward, on mankind's otherwise painfully slow trod towards civilization?
PanzerDivisionBOM 2 years ago
empathy? If hijacking the eyes and ears of kids in order to make a buck is empathy I'd hate to know what your version of hostility is!
frabjousness 2 years ago 3
@PanzerDivisionBOM People are slowly becoming aware that a child isn't a pet??!!!
People have known for 200.000 years that a child is a person, it might have only been since this two centuries that people GOT spoiled "pets" and started treating their kids as such. Bullcrap: Slowly realising they are persons..What do you take humanity for? The idiot consumers they are NOW? We haven't always been that way.
Pedohuntress 2 years ago 3
@Pedohuntress:
Citations please.
Yours are very common misconceptions, but misconceptions nonetheless. In truth, the history of human child-rearing is a dark and sordid tale, to which we've only recently begun conceiving the possibility of a happy ending. Like with poverty, child abuse was simply so common that no one thought to question or object to it.
If you're interested, you should have a look at Lloyd deMause's work in the field of psychoanalytical anthropology at psychohistory dotcom.
PanzerDivisionBOM 2 years ago
So you expect children in the age 6 to have learned to make rational decisions based upon ideas and concepts gained in a process of education which normally would require 12 years of school?
MrCalhoun 2 years ago
@Mr.Calhoun:
Null.
I do not accept the premise that public school generally renders students more capable of responsible decision-making than they would be in the absence of that institution.
I do however expect that parents will assume responsibility for the education and well-being of their children, and that so long as they perform this duty, then this increased awareness of the preferences of children becomes an unambiguously positive development.
PanzerDivisionBOM 2 years ago
New products displace older ones continually and this creates a want cycle that can be used to manipulate kids and teens into becoming relentless consumers. The goal is to create perceived obsolescence by continually creating a new "standard" along with the new product in order reinforce it's desirability. The sweet spot for marketing is the 16 to 20-somethings who still use this tween and teen want pattern but have the disposable income to take a run on the hamster wheel.
wildblue2 2 years ago
It is possible to be ethical and market to kids! Its down to the manufacturers to "do the right thing". These are the brands we should be putting pressure on. Unfortunately I think it's impossible to prevent commercialisation of kids unless you turn off the TV, put blinkers on when out of the house and stop them listening to the radio, using the internet or even talking to their friends.
Small steps, getting the right balance and talking to brand owners I believe is the way forward
jammyrascals 2 years ago
Welp, I dunno what else you would expect from capitalism. Capitalism and free markets leads exactly to this. Corporatism, advertising, and consumer culture. It's literally the road to fascist communism, where every brand is everywhere. Everything is the same. Everyone wants the same things.
urbster1 2 years ago 2
Profit at all cost is counter to the Ideals of Humanity.
If we feed off of each other we destroy the glue that holds us all together.
theGetRealGuy 2 years ago
For the first time in my life, I think I now understand the true meaning of the prayer:
Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil...
Its not about hoping God will save you, its about being happy with what you have and not be tempted to always want more.
pinto9988 2 years ago 3
Like most people in the Western world, I remember the jingles and slogans of hundreds of ads, some as far back as 30+ years ago. They're hardwired into my brain now, and I know them as clearly as I know my multiplication tables. I HATE this - the fact that decades afterwards, my brain is still tainted with ancient ad campaigns. If I ever have children, I will keep them away from advertising and the majority of the mass media at all costs. I will ensure they learn HOW to think, not what to think.
UncleFeedle 2 years ago 61
Honestly, how?
phatman12 2 years ago
@UncleFeedle shutting kids out isnt the way to tackle this problem. you cant put your child in a bubble. but your last statement says it all and i agree with it
iwantmy2dollars 1 year ago
@UncleFeedle i'm supporting you
sasuketiger 1 year ago
@UncleFeedle Way to go...fight that thought-control!
Bodhidharma1986 1 year ago
@UncleFeedle
"HOW to think not WHAT to think" well said...
XXTheRealMcCoyXX 1 year ago
@XXTheRealMcCoyXX At least in the schools I'm at they teach "critical thinking" in the curriculum. It's in Canada but is the effort to make people think critically geniune or just a method of causing people to reinforce the propaganda they have already seen through thought and prevent them from considering new ideas?
EricNyhmfan 9 months ago
@EricNyhmfan
Pretty much, it's like their tightening there grip on peoples minds because the alternative media is getting to them... So they make a new definition of critical thinking.
XXTheRealMcCoyXX 9 months ago
@XXTheRealMcCoyXX When the teach "Critical thinking" my teacher makes the class look at ads and magazine articles and dissect them. But I do notice that they never even mention the possibility of analizing laws. My teacher happens to be anti-consumerist,and sometimes show us adbuster stuff. Almost like a choose your master picture, if you let ads influence you corporations are your master, If you believe everything you learn in school government is your master.
EricNyhmfan 9 months ago
@UncleFeedle Excellent post!
Dmanlamius76 5 months ago
@UncleFeedle Soon enough you will watch out at anny men/woman that can be a pedophile and protect you child at any cost so it will have other problems how can you keep your child away from advertising thats nearly impossible so Thank you Usa for your wonderfull corporation you made a west consumer civilisation.
nlRobertnl 4 months ago
Dark future
greenfaso 2 years ago
If parents didn't give in to every single thing their kids demanded, then advertising wouldn't be as successful. I don't think the media is to blame, I think poor parenting is to blame. I think good parents are extremely rare these days.
lnmgilbert2004 2 years ago
There isn't much that will make good advertising unsuccessful. Its incessant, intrusive and all pervasive. And its not just children that are affected by it we're all trained to be good little consumers, all our lives. We are rewarded by the enticement of products more than the product itself.
You cant blame poor parenting for a change in parental behavior when we are all hypnotized by the constant marketing.
GandivaNaismith 2 years ago 2
You're right, none of us should be responsible for our own actions. It's a vicious cycle - and it's true, advertising WOULDN'T be as successful if parents didn't give their kids every single thing they wanted. When kids get everything they want, they turn into entitled, little brats that grow up to be entitled bratty adults who then, unfortunately, reproduce. Only people who are insecure or are incapable of having their own thoughts are that influenced by advertising, anyway.
lnmgilbert2004 2 years ago 3
We do take responsibility for own actions. But we are influenced by advertising. All people are influenced by advertising, secure and insecure.
I don't think the creators of advertising are concerned by some parents not giving their child everything they want, that child will soon grow up and purchase the brand they remember from early days.
So the brand that is remembered is the one that is purchased ensuring the longevity of that brand.
Who created the bratty quality in kids and adults?
GandivaNaismith 2 years ago
@lnmgilbert2004 I agree to an extant. However, corporate culture and advertising has become much more vicious over the years. Corporations did not use to hire full marketing teams that have PhD's in Psychology that help instruct marketing teams about how they can penetrate young minds. It's become psychological warfare over lifestyle-manufacturing, corporate propaganda, and consumer "want creation" as it's called. It's not just parents and their lack of disciplinary vigil. It's worse.
Bodhidharma1986 1 year ago
i cant believe that advertisment is targeting cildren now. kids will become ill with this. thier life expectince will shrink and it will all go down hill. we are all just creating little shallow stuck up monsters. and we thougt thier was only the terrible two's.
ikilledbill123 2 years ago
I really don't want to live here anymore.
ImaginarySanity 2 years ago 5
ditto
moveincircles89 2 years ago
Are you sure that you're perfectly fine? In your comment alone, I counted 3 spelling mistakes and at one point, you forgot to put in the word "I".
Nompio 2 years ago 5
This is the internet so save your educated review for someones resume or for someone who cares, you spent valuable time on my text comment when i take ap classes and make a gpa of 4.0...Back the fuck off please
MAKOTHEPRINCE 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Theirs nothing wrong with consuming am an American teen who consumes alot and am perfectly fine...WATS WRONG WITH THAT.
MAKOTHEPRINCE 2 years ago
One day you will realize that consuming like there is no tomorrow is NOT the meaning of life.
"Consuming a lot" is just a sign of sickness in society which just screws up the environment and promotes further social screw up.
[sarcasm] On the other hand, corporations are just LOVING IT! [/sarcasm]
rogeriopfm 2 years ago 2
Of course its not the meaning of life in fact i never said it was its my hobby. Sickness,in what way please explain.
MAKOTHEPRINCE 2 years ago
What's wrong with that? I work with kids and teens and the ones who overconsume are spoiled little brats who think that they are entitled to everything.
lnmgilbert2004 2 years ago
Hold on you say the kids and teens that over consume are spoiled little brats. Well that is precisely what the video said. We all from cradle to grave are turning into over consumptive , spoiled , at times obese , brats.
The fear is that we should be able to choose not to be that and that choice is taken away.
If society and culture were to a less saturated form of marketing we could have the good times of yesteryear where good parenting prevailed.
Don't blame the parents.
GandivaNaismith 2 years ago
5's~!
ForerunnerCharge 2 years ago
Fuck America! Mindless consumerism is destroying the fabric of our culture!
Rather, it's BECOMING our culture! Stop this now!! Boycott everything!
insomniahedgehog 2 years ago 3
Take your TV's OUT of their rooms and cancel the cable today!!
justicefx 2 years ago 2
YEAH!!!
TheLegitMan93 2 years ago
God blame media blame media! Well parents need to take responsibility for their kids also.
kblixt 2 years ago 13
@kblixt too late, the media has taught youth to undermind their parents and to rebell....
Mass Media IS God
mrtundra45 9 months ago
@kblixt Lol, the parents are brainwashed too. In fact it's the parents who create this shit. Where else does it come from?
HelenaXVI 8 months ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
that chick who said creepy?
needs to die.
23rdPyro 2 years ago
2 words came to mind while watching this,"Vanity" and "Obsession".....especially in a creepy way...
BodhisattvaxChihiro 2 years ago 2
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BeaucoupRed 2 years ago
NO! Learn the word, and use it on your kids. Try it. It's easy. NO!
dLimboStick 2 years ago 5
lol, wow. its a parents responsibility, to not let this kind of stuff happen, if a parent lets it happen, its not the advertisers fault, they just want to sell a product.
dWireAndDaTater 2 years ago
matthewsolis247.....Thats what i'm talking about. Big respect....Peace, guidance & light to all
skidan4real 2 years ago
It has become pervasive throughout our society. Give me, give me, give me. Greed has become intermeshed within our societal fabric. I doubt very much that we can reverse the trend without a great dieoff. I don't think I would care to live in the world of tomorrow. I pity humanity, no good will come of us. Humanity had no plan from the getgo, and we still have no viable plan. I believe it's too late by far.
Murphoftheturf 2 years ago 3
Why are you online watching youtube videos?
LycheeWhore 2 years ago
Fucking agreed. Kids in the old days got around with what they had, and now it's like they NEED to have this, that or the other..
Salemp00pie 2 years ago 4
just... disgusting -.-
PaganstormIV 2 years ago 2
The brutal thing of ads aimed at children always suggest that they must be like the ad tells them. "You must have this product to be cool and trendy."
Now when there's trendy, there's also the obsolete. And the obsolete is not portrayed as trendy, cool or good. So the ads also suggest that kids who don't own the product aren't trendy, cool and awesome.
Basically these commercials suggest the Seperaration of Society just for profit.
That's a crime against humanity.
MrCalhoun 2 years ago 2
100% agreed MrCalhoun.Even as adults we face advertisements that play off of our insecurities and now they're doing it to kids! We're allowing commecials to try and sell us some bs to make us more vain that the generation before us!Which is exactly why older people bitch so much about how young people "have it easier".I say it's 50/50 because of the bullshit pushed in everybody's faces today.They even play off the insecurities of older women with anti wrinkle commercials.
BodhisattvaxChihiro 2 years ago
"dont blame the institutions of society blame the individual"..... wake up people we should have moved past this old, archaic mindset, wake up by now we have learned through evidence society affects the individual much more than is in our control.
Cesb02 2 years ago
Ah yes the fear is settling in. But wait there is a solution! And it is simple! Unplug your children from the Goddamned television and take some fucking responsibility in your child's development! I do not allow outside broadcasted televised media in my household! Sure we can watch movies and listen to radio but TV is not an option! Responsibility people, try some, for your children's sake. The schools cant babysit them 24 hours a day!
matthewsolis247 2 years ago
When people are smart; Demand creates its own supply. But when people are dumb; supply creates its own demand. It is up to every person to resist media influences and not expect laws to do the work for them.
Re3volution 2 years ago 5
it at the beggining that caught my eye whats the hells wrong with better comercials or movies than when out parents were young it has just got put into color and got a bit more sparke
WIZZBANG123123 2 years ago
I like to hear some money-loving neo-conservative defend this one.
donjabroni 2 years ago
Hell yea man ur ryt..Yo revolution I love the way u think man.lol
hypothetikal89 2 years ago
Ah crap - this is so simple - the solution is right before you!
STOP WATCHING TV!!!!! KILL THE TV!!
<< Don't own one - don't want one.
tossthekitty 3 years ago 3
No it's not that simple. Even when you do get rid of the TV you still got magazines, you got radio, you got billboards, you got many other things. The TV is the main tool that the Mass Market Media uses, but it's not the only tool.
donjabroni 2 years ago
The kids I babysit from ages 3-10, I notice they have tons and tons of marketed bullcrap. I think about how sick it is how these people can milk the kids parents of money by stuffing their minds with this "I NEED IT"
XxPnuemaxX 3 years ago
There is going to be no such thing as a super consumer cuture because we will never get there! The economy is going to collapse and they will learn to value nessesity over luxery whether they fucking like it or not.
Re3volution 3 years ago 4
I fucking hopes so, or communism FTW.
ApsisApocynthion 3 years ago
Well, if we truly are going into a depression, that may be one positive outcome.
eatmyfumes 3 years ago
I'm a Super Consumer! Yay Yay Yay!
mickeymoo26 3 years ago
Some of the clips of kids' programming here are taken out of context. For example, the shallow girls at 3:30 criticizing another girl's appearance on "Hannah Montana" are ANTAGONISTS and depicted as shallow. The audience is hardly meant to sympathize with them.
Soulforge00 3 years ago 6
Bravo. Time somebody did something like this. I grew up in the 90's mostly and while it wasn't as bad then, it was a lot still. Nowadays it's super obvious though how commercialized kids are that's actually the exact word I thought of too. And I love how the official website for this shows the dvd costing $250 and requiring an account to see the normal price. Talk about not stupid.
stealthis 3 years ago
I fully agree with this presentation, but please don't ask for Government intervention; we are already living in Gestapo world. Maybe lets get together and turn our televisions into plow shears.
ricshinn 3 years ago 4
The spears are made into pruning hooks.
The swords are turned into plowshares.
A televison could be turned into art. Take the tube out and have a puppet show.
AugustusLarch 3 years ago
I mostly agree with this video. However, I must say that ADD and ADHD are NOT developed over time. Kids are born with it and it is a very common thing, especially around boys. That's the main reason why most kids do poorly in school and commericialism has nothing to do with it. And I don't think we should condemn all forms of entertainment such as TV, video games, internet, and ipods. But yeah, overall I do agree with this vid.
BearGirl26 3 years ago 2
I agree with you. I am a potential adhd and do some feature it but I barely watch tv and internet when i was young.
jjbunny79 3 years ago
Boy you need to read up on how "ADD" etc. are engineered by the mind-control psychiatric establishment. Then of course it's a lot easier to surrender to some diagnostic label than to confront the evil behind manufactured problems.
cartoonlike 3 years ago
Excuse me, but...MY BROTHER HAS ADD and so does my mom. So don't say I don't know my facts. I live with two people who have this condition and I know that the media is not to be blamed. Sure, it may be easier to blame something like TV or video games, but that's just shoving your problems under the carpet. xD
BearGirl26 3 years ago
Consider that you are a hypnonsis subject. You are just running your mouth. Stop to think. Why are you taking on the role of a parrot?
Your statements don't corrolate from line to line. Taking medication is 'sweeping things under a rug'. To indentify the possible causes is doing something real. Have you ever stopped watching TV or playing video games? Test it out. Really, you don't know what facts are. Consider.
AugustusLarch 3 years ago
LOL!! You amuse me how you can go around judging people for yourself when you've never even met me. You don't know what the hell you're talking about...I do, on the other hand because I know what ADD is because I live with people who have it.
LOL And you think I watch TV and play video games all day? xD Wow...where is your evidence of that? Please come up with a better comeback next time when you've had time to sort things out in your brain.
BearGirl26 3 years ago
I am a philosopher. My am sick for sorting my thoughts well. Maybe you should take your own advice.
I am not passing judgement. I am advocationg objective consideration on the information that you have soaked up over the years. Maybe you've been listening to bad people. Most people have. Consider that all behavior medication is just mind control for those who want an easily enslaved population.
Read some of the other posts here. People are working their own bean. Maybe you should try it.
AugustusLarch 3 years ago
Mind control? Ooo, scary. Just curious, have you ever tried medication? Do you even have ADD? I guess not according to your faulty thoughts on it. My mom has taken ADD medication for 20 years and my brother has taken it ever since he was diagnosed with ADD. No offense, but it's foolish to assume that their minds are controlled by the big bad doctors. xD
LOL!
BearGirl26 3 years ago
Just consider that the medical industry is all about selling sickness. It's a make work program. There are restless kids because the world is too dull. I won't take medication because I'm not into getting scammed.
Only consider my points then please make up your 'own' mind. All advocary the medical industry puts out supports a scam. It's veiled in fear.
AugustusLarch 3 years ago
I agree with you. There is no such thing as ADD. People will take any trait and slap a disorder on it... everyone probably has thousands of disorders, but why diagnose and treat all of them?
eatmyfumes 3 years ago
excuse me, how old are you? 14?
Katinstl 3 years ago
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I am 17 years old, for your information. =3
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BearGirl26 3 years ago
@BearGirl26 That's not the point. Public education and doctors get subsidies for how much medication they prescribe (basically, a "quota" if you will). There are doctors (most of them now to a large extant) who get kickbacks for recommending big- pharma to patients. It's the same in schools. They'll get a counselor to meet the parents and be the interventionist claiming the child "needs" meds. The program's been on the books for 20 years. It does weaken minds and passify the population. Proven.
Bodhidharma1986 1 year ago
@Bodhidharma1986
Hmmm... I don't doubt that. Can you give me a link to some sources? Save a sleep deprived high school student some time so he doesn't have to Google it all?
Thelaofkazi 1 year ago
The society´s become sick.
buckleysoreal 3 years ago 4
Unregulated and unchecked capitalism is as bad as any tyranny.
thetruespin 3 years ago 16
Yep and we're experiencing the effect of it right now...
donjabroni 2 years ago
I'm disgusted by the material that's targeted at kids and its subsequent effect, it's insane.
sloeber 3 years ago 2
This is all just pure hype. It's hype as it gets. When you take a child's health and consideration into perspective, shouldn't it be up to the parent? Isn't it the parents responsibility to determine the child's growing values. I also noticed that these so called intellectuals took the most exaggerated and more likely antagonist of children's shows and claimed that they are the role models for children.
Eceoes 3 years ago
Yeah, and those values that their parents instill at them mean nothing if those same parents use TV as a babysitter.
ElectricMayhem87 3 years ago
When the parents are working like 60-80 hours per week it's rather hard to spend some time with the children.
Just saying it should only be the parent's responsibility is just trivializing a bigger problem with our society.
Have you ever heard the saying "It takes a village to raise a child?"
donjabroni 2 years ago
Well its not the media's fault that parents WILL NOT raise their kids. ALL parents are responsible for their children's personality and behavior. Even the most impoverished of families can hold onto strong family and moral values.
Nothing annoys me more is when parents say "well we both have to work so we can't control our kids" and they go off and blame the media for youth violence. It doesn't take money to build a sense of bonding between parents and children.
Eceoes 2 years ago
It DOESN'T take a village to raise a child, it takes a family to raise a child. Random people in society should not give 2 flying shits about some child they do not know about. This isn't a commune. When I see some 16 year old freak killing kittens for fun, its not the media's problem or responsibility. Why should we limit our freedom of speech just because many parents aren't really good parents.
Eceoes 2 years ago
So, if you see some 16 year old freak killing kittens for fun, you're just going to keep walking? No, it DOES take a village to raise ALL the kids - you need to take responsibility as a human being to educate that brat that what he's doing is WRONG. Look outside your little box - we're all out here, and if I ever saw one of your kids doing something heinous DAMN STRAIGHT I'm going to say something to them. And then to you for raising them without a conscience.
halcyonsting 2 years ago
You missed my whole point. Yes I would do something about it, but I wouldn't do it for that freak of a kid. I would do it to save the cats. If I had a choice to let that kid die to save those kittens I would do it, because HE is the villain, and HE is the reason why this is all happening.
It was up to the parents to shape that kids personality. Not society. So if he grew up to be a freak, then everything wrong he does is his fault alone.
Eceoes 2 years ago
About all of the violent boys or wild children I knew or heard about were influenced by the media, I admit that. HOWEVER, the main problem was that they all came from backgrounds that were in my definition: Culturally Challenged.
They were the type of family's in which there was no sense of connection between the parent and child, only just that the child was a mouth to feed. There were always things that were just acceptable in which that they shouldn't be accepted.
Eceoes 2 years ago
Oh dear god, what kind of monster has these nation become?
Grimmy15 3 years ago 6
the biggest plauge of consumers since the locusts
crypto457 3 years ago 7
Society is well and truly screwed.
TheTwistedCarrotxD 3 years ago 6
and so is humanityand thats why i dont want children
like denis leary said" i dont hate dumbass kids just the dumbass adults they turn into"
crypto457 3 years ago 3
i sooo agree
:)
jay8832 3 years ago
Today's kids don't stand a chance! Even if I prevent my son from watching tv the advertisers will still get to him through other means. Is it just me, or were we less materialistic years ago?
minnieosbourne 3 years ago 3
no it's not just u. i don't know how old u are but i'm inly 22 so...damb..it all just happend pretty quick imo.