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Jaleh Posted 9 years ago
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"Manipulative advertising, marketing and self-help industries claim happiness should be ours for the asking."
could you please tell me the meaning of the sentence?
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It means that we are entitled to happiness and that happiness is easy to get. Consider a simpler example. Mary: I like your necklace.
- It means that we are entitled to happiness and that happiness is easy to get.
- Consider a simpler example.
- Mary: I like your necklace.
- Beth: You are my best friend.
- It's yours for the asking.
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It means that we are entitled to happiness and that happiness is easy to get.
Consider a simpler example.
Mary: I like your necklace.
Beth: You are my best friend. It's yours for the asking. Please, take it.
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They claim that if we desire happiness (which presumably we all do), then we should automatically be able to obtain it.
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