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The customer is an object to be manipulated, not a concrete person whose aims the businessman is interested to satisfy.

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Erich Fromm
Age: 79 †
Born: 1900
Born: March 23
Died: 1980
Died: March 18
Philosopher
Psychoanalyst
Psychologist
Sociologist
University Teacher
Writer
Frankfurt/Main
Objects
Businessman
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Person
Concrete
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Customers
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Manipulated
Whose
Aims
Interested
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