Okay, I have a problem and I admit it. It's a problem that sets me at odds with the current mindset of America, as well as my own financial well being.

It's advertising. Yep, that ubiquitous, inescapable, lying heartbeat of capitalism, advertising.

If advertising only did what it was originally designed for, to present a product of service of value, I’d have less trouble with it.

But the fact is, almost all advertising is targeted at our subconscious minds, our emotional brains. And those programs that make us all ache to fill a false void by consuming, are what is making our society insane.

We are constantly bombarded with words, images, and sounds directed at overriding our free will. Most contemporary ads grab hold of our emotions, and manipulate them mercilessly to achieve a not-so-hidden agenda. You know, to feed somebody's greed.