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I believe that the American culture is being affected by persuasion and advertisements. I think by the time i'm in my golden years that the world is going to run out of room for these types of methods they use such as billboards and what not. Sometimes I wonder if it's our own faults for falling into the crowd or maybe we just don't know any better because we grew up with it. It's strange when you take a step back and realize what our culture really is. Europeans state that we're a nation of fat, lazy, idiots. Maybe that can be true in a lot of ways...we do live the life of luxury compared to other cultures. But we are also very ignorant to the truth. Our government tries to "protect" us of the truth. Look at Area 51 for instance....we're not allowed to know what goes on there. What if there are aliens and they are planning to take over the planet...they would know about it but we wouldn't. How can that be fair to a free country? Our government hides things from us because they think it is in our best interest but we all live to learn. That is the point of living...seeing and experiencing new and exciting things...taking thrills. So why is it so bad that we know the truth about everything...it might even help to mold our society into something better for the future. Some things I guess are left better unsaid but I think it would help a lot to know.