Intrusive advertising is THE cornerstone of capitalism...

Basic truism (I came up with) -- "The initial spark that leads to the vast majority of transactions, emanates from the marketER, not the marketEE."

Capitalism cannot exist without intrusive advertising.

Intended audience(s) cannot be ALLOWED to ignore the ads (or capitalism will fail).

The success of capitalism is directly proportional to the intrusiveness of advertising.

The degree to which intrusive advertising is *permitted* on the internet determines the internet's commercial viability.

The growth of FACEBOOK as a 'power' on the internet is directly proportional to the *EROSION* of its privacy policies (thus allowing ads to be MORE intrusive) -- http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/facebook-timeline
(note: in typical consumer-delusion fashion, the final paragraph of this article has the cause + effect relationship between privacy erosion + commercial success, totally BACKWARDS!)

The more the facebook's privacy policies ERODE, the more commercially viable (aka: successful) it will become.

As privacy vanishes, marketERs' ability to be intrusive, increases.

As intrusive advertising increases, more transactions happen.

"Permission marketing" and capitalism do not mix.

Which all ties (circles) back to this...

Basic truism (I came up with) -- "The initial spark that leads to the vast majority of transactions, emanates from the marketER, not the marketEE."
(which is *the opposite* of what most marketEEs (consumers) naturally (+ MISTAKENLY) believe.

(sorry, Ankesh)

-- TW