Get them while they're young

By GRRLSCIENTIST - GUARDIAN.CO.UK
Added: Mon, 30 May 2011 00:56:36 UTC

"Everything I've ever learned about marketing, I learned in church"

"Everything I've ever learned about marketing, I learned in church," says Andrea, one of the people featured in this film.

Ain't this the truth. It's astounding and disgusting to see the striking parallels between the strategies used by large corporations to get children hooked on cigarettes and those used by churches to brainwash children into accepting an ancient mind-numbing myth. In short, get them while they're young (and maybe you'll get them for life).

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