Yes you can. It is the politicians and multinational corporations greatest achievement to force social groups indirectly, slowly, unnoticeably, and unconsciously into certain behaviors and beliefs.
One of these stupid beliefs that flies in America is the illusionary impression of "freedom", that "people know whats good for them" and that "people always have their own choices to make"
I don\'t know about you, but I ve never heard McDonalds (or any other fast food restaurant) say how unhealthy their food is, how bad it is for people to consume it occasionally.
According to them they are the most tasty food, the best place to eat at, nutritious....oh and they ve got presents for kids too!!!! Welcome to the beautiful world of McDonalds. Ronald McDonald loves you......he doesnt love your money...he loves your health...therefore he will tell to your kids how much better Popeye\'s spinach, or their mother\'s naturally cooked dinner is than a Big Macfilled with preservatives, fries with beef traces cooked in oil in which hundreds of previous kg of potatoes were cooked in etc.
This is the power of marketing.
Target kids the easy victims of fun and happy thoughts, not followers of logic and you will have customers for a life time.
The appearance of such fast food restaurants and other highly processed products demolish anything more natural, environment friendly and healthy. Simply the latter cant compete in terms of taste, advertisement, cost and expenses to create an "illusionary" customer friendly environment. Not to mention exclusive deals with other corporations. Unless they sacrifice these three qualities (environment friendly, natural an unhealthy).
So how many choices are there? Fast food restaurants that exist anywhere you turn your head to? Or the healthier more expensive slower to ready food, which is slowly disappearing since it is not profitable due to higher costs?
I ve many times happened to watch a few American channels through satellite/cable and I was amazed by the "spectacles and bread" the viewer is being bombarded everyday. Especially young children. The country is one huge land of consumerism. Morals and values become tools to promote consumption and profitability. If everything you eat, read, watch, listen to, is controlled by economic efficiency or otherwise businessmen, they get deeper into the skin of the American citizen through each new generation introduced. They grow with them.
And really how many hours do you work mm?