I do believe corporations target us with a lot of advertising and even try to change culture so that we consume more of their products. That's way more of a threat to us than any government brainwashing program. I suspect we're all more vulnerable to that advertising than we realize. Most of us think we're too smart, but those corporations spend a lot of money on research on ways to get inside our heads. The solution is to turn the tv off. If I went around saying that to people, their eyes would glaze over. People largely don't care.