Collective consciousness can be seen as any form of knowledge or behavior that is accepted by a large number of people. ... During the abolition movement many people felt that slaves should be freed because of things written in the Bible, while many people (specifically in Southern society) used the Bible to justify slavery. ... A mob is a perfect example of collective consciousness because it represents a large amount of people suddenly overcome with a common destructive goal. ... Collective consciousness is shown to be pitiful, and truly gullible, as the duke and the king manipulate it. ....

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He could "see more things than most people, but he could see none of them too distinctly", since his vision is obscured by ambition and greed. ... People are dying! ... However, Milo's operation, just like modern-day corporations, would continue to thrive so long as people demanded its shares. ... Heller likewise pokes fun at the gullibility and shallowness of American society, revealing that "the sweetest part of the whole deal was that there was no need to reimburse the government at all" (259), showing that society is more inclined to gain profit than uphold its ow...

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In False beauty in advertising and the pressure to look "good" written by Jo Swinson for CNN she states that "one study found that one in four people is depressed about their body another found that almost a third of women say they would sacrifice a year of life to achieve the ideal body weight and shape." ... Women should not be gullible to advertising companies and brand marketing as spending money to attain a digital body is only boosting profits for the companies who are advertising to them, and will never equal the perfection they are seeking. ...

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Instead, people are valued for their merits, such as their book learning or their ability in teaching, activities requiring strength, or singing (Hoffman 7). In the period in which Irving based his story, few rural people were educated enough to teach. ... Perhaps more seriously, Ichabod's gullibility also opens into a political comment. ... In this light "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" can be seen to reflect concerns that also color the work of Charles Brockden Brown and James Fenimore Cooper, about the potential within a transient democratic society for people to be swayed by charismatic ...

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What is more, the book prompts sober reflections on the ethics of "free" market labor practices and on the stupendous idiocy of endorsements--how, for a billion gullible suckers, Jordan somehow endows shoes, Wheaties, Hanes underwear, Coca-Cola, Gatorade, and corn flakes with his excellence. ... Her design made it possible for people in faraway lands whose languages did not easily translate the word Nike to identify Nike products simply by the Swoosh. ... So billions of people around the globe are saturated with degrees of deception around the clock. ...

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