• Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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    21 hours ago

    Money is the old economy. Teens have something that adults don’t have that is infinitely more valuable than money: attention. This is how, despite having no money, teen taste and culture is so over-represented today.

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      16 hours ago

      They also will become adults. So hook them now. They might also have access to their parents’ money.

      • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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        6 hours ago

        I genuinely think that money is no longer the goal of the top economic echelon. Techniques for controlling how people spend money can be generalized into controlling all their behaviour; total power.