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In article <1992Jun3.083410@wsl.dec.com> (ca.environment,ba.transportation), gnn@wsl.dec.com (George Neville-Neil) writes:
> In article <SLAGLE.92Jun3001118@sgi417.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com>, slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com (Mark Slagle) writes:
> |> All of which would seem to argue for a small-scale, flexible
> |> commuter transportation system.  Maybe we should try individual
> |> commuter units.  Maybe we could call them auto-mobiles, to
> |> mean self-transport units.  You suppose anybody'd buy one?
> 
> Sure they'd buy them, if we suckered them into believing that
> they represented the American Dream, Mom, and apple pie.  Oh,
> tell them that they're sexy too, that'll go over big.  You don't
> have to make much of a pitch.  Americans are stupid enough to 
> buy anything.

So people just buy things because market-droids tell them to.  Boy
I wish this was true - I could make a mint selling junk to folks.

I guess Honda simply has a killer marketing department, and GM's sucks.
People aren't stupid, if you think they are, you should probably look
at yourself first.

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