Bobo Bonobo(R) wrote:

>>
> Americans like them because the TV commercials tell us to like them,
> and we generally do what the TV commercials tell us to do. This is
> the land of Cool Whip and American "cheese."
>
> --Bryan

That is quite accurate. Companies learned that they can easily
manipulate people by constantly telling them what choice to make with
advertising. It is fun to ask people why they bought something or why
they eat at a big box restaurant for example and get the deer in
headlights look.