It is no longer clear which way is up even if one wants to rise.

David Riesman
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  1. ...isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of all the advertising men who create it?

  2. It is no longer clear which way is up even if one wants to rise.

  3. Men are created different they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.

  4. The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.

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