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gpapilion · 2020-08-30 · Original thread
This makes me think of this book: https://www.amazon.com/OBD-Obsessive-Branding-Disorder-Illus...

The author outlined in part of it a move from appeals to ego to appeals to id for marketing, and how this is a more powerful approach since it appeals to sense of belonging.

You see that in the fathers commitment to particular brands, and how they define him.