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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
Demand in economics is defined as the desire for a product, the willingness to purchase a product, and the ability to pay for it. Advertising in and of itself does doesn't create "demand" in the economic sense that wasn't already there - it raises awareness. The only people who are going to purchase your product after seeing your ad are the ones who would have already been willing to purchase such a product in the first place. Think about how many new foods and drinks that marketers come up with that fail - colored ketchup, spaghetti and pizza at McDonalds, the Ford Edsel. Despite all the advertising that these companies did for these products, they couldn't get over the fact that there was no organic demand for them. Look at ads for drugs for diabetes, or dry eyes, or arthritis, or whatever. Nobody who doesn't already suffer from one of those ailments is going to purchase your drug no matter how much advertising you do, i.e. they don't have a built in demand for it. Advertising only creates awareness, not organic demand.
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You have a point with those stated examples - though I personally liked green ketchup
However the drug examples also support the theory that advertisement can create artificial demand. It is quite astonishing for Europeans to see how aggressively drugs are advertised in th US - hard on the border of false promises, thus snake oil. One can argue that health is a demand that every human has, but it surely doesn't get satisfied by placebos or unnessesary diet supplements. Drugs are also not only used for treatment, but also for prevention.
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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
It supposedly limits the lethality of a weapon. If I had a 20 round magazine, I may carry one or two extras. If I had a 8 round magazine, I may carry that same one or two extra. Lower capacity, fewer bullets.
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If someone has the strong desire to off as many people as possible, I can't think that carrying some extra pounds of low capacity magazines would stop him. On the other hand, if someone has a gun for defense purposes, one would like to have as many rounds as possible, regarding the stress factor of a situation like this.