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Today, the high sales of popular consumers goods reflect the power of advertising and not real need of society in which they are sold. What extent do you agree or disagree ?

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Some say that people nowadays only buy products because they are advertised well, and me personally I strongly agree with
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 for I have seen it happen one too many times even to myself. Since people judge the outer appearance first if products are attractive looking and have gained a lot of popularity because of their advertising they would reach for it and buy it simply for that reason alone if
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perhaps they don't need it, as opposed to something they did in fact need. And we as a society need to be more aware of these traps companies and marketing strategies set for us
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