How industries convince people that their (harmful) products aren’t harmful
Posted by Josh Taylor / October 23, 2018
Cigarettes are addictive, and they cause cancer. But for years, big tobacco companies spent millions of dollars convincing their customers and the American public at large that their products were not harmful. The same is currently happening with casinos––they’re trying to convince everyone that their products, especially slot machines, are not inherently addictive or harmful. Instead, they’re trying to convince people that certain people are more prone to gambling addictions, not that the machines themselves cause addiction.
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