A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

That is certainly what advertising does. Instead of presenting a private argument or vista, it offers a way of life that is for everybody or nobody. It offers this prospect with arguments that concern only irrelevant and trivial matters.
Understanding Media, MIT/Routledge edition, (1964), p 230-231
Year: 1964
Chapter: Advertising
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