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Barber's Argument In Favue Of Capitalism

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These authors both have made equally noteworthy points to their

arguments. Barber makes several significant points to his argument on the subject

that capitalism is overselling with the use of consumerism. Barber is aiming to

persuade his readers to appeal to his ethics on the topic of Capitalism. This is an

appeal to credibility and is named “ethos,” for this article has the means to convince

the audience to agree with the argument the author is making. Barber shows the

reader how insufficient capitalism is to the economy on realistic issues,

“consumerism needs this infantilism ethos because it favors laxity and leisure over

discipline and denial, values childish impetuosity and juvenile narcissism over adult

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In each article, both

authors Barber and Bryson make credibility appeals in their article and make strong

cases for their arguments. Neither article is stronger than the other.

Between the two authors, they both posses similarities in their articles. In

the article “Overselling Capitalism with Consumerism” Barber explains his case how

capitalism uses consumerism to make a profit from the public and in the process

uses the tactic of manipulation in advertisements. Author Bill Bryson speaks of the

manipulation advertisements may contain in their message as well in his article

“The Hard sell: Advertising in America.” Bryson’s article has quite a few similarities

to Barber’s article as well; Bryson speaks his opinion through his article and

explains how advertising works and how it has grown to the market. Capitalism

uses this method of promoting their merchandise in everyday advertisement, both

Barber and Bryson’s discussions in their articles explains the influence

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