The first entitled Strategies of Enticement, went into a little bit of history, as well as the first recognition of capitalism and were it all began. ... Things were changing in a big way. ... Elegance was very popular and accessories were big, especially around Christmas time. Christmas time in the big New York department stores was (and is still) a really big deal; it's actually one of the real reasons that there are toy departments at all. ... "Herbert Hoover was a major architect of change" (p352) and Leach found him as a good man when it came to pushing for the consumption system. ...

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But keeping everything competitive, it offers a bigger horizon for people in the work place. ... Man always looks for a job where he can advance. ... Man now has a product that will always sell; therefore he can charge enough to cover the cost of growing the food, plus a little profit. ... If there is a need for clothing from wealthy neighbors, one can then control the price and make a little profit; therefore one can afford rent. ... If a man were to sign his labor over for a lifetime, he would than be making himself a slave rather then the free man he was before he signed the contract. ...

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If one man was to make a huge contribution and the other was to do very little, they would still be given the same. ... When everyone is receiving the same thing for having done little or no work we begin to get the mentality that we don't have to work hard anymore and we become lazy. ... Those who made bigger contributions and did more work were given more. ...

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In Paris he met a man who shared his same views and they began collaboration to clarify systematically the theoretical principles of communism and to organize an international working-class movement dedicated to those principles. This man was Fredrich Englels. ... Even the most worthless commodity, when taken in big enough quantities, can be exchanged for the most valuable of commodities. ... The Russian people were extremely discontented with their ruler, Tsar Nicholas II, who had little interest in governing and was neglecting the country badly (Cohen, G.A. 444). ... Nations with the highes...

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