Why adverts want you to feel bad about your life - Richard Murphy

4th August 2025

Advertising tells you every day that you're too old, too poor, too unfashionable.

Why? Because unhappiness sells.

In this video, I explain how advertising is deliberately designed to make you feel inadequate—so you buy things you don’t need, often with money you don’t have.

It’s not about informing you. It’s about controlling you.

So, what can we do about it?