What is the role of marketing in society?

What role of the past is similar to that of a scientist in today's society?

• What is the role of the scientist (compared to other modern day roles that carry direct analogies to the past)? ...such as, doctors and nurses were like the village high priestesses way back then. Material capitalists are like the Catholic Church in that they have something society values and cedes power to...football players are like saints adding value to an organization of material capitalists based on their unique, individual performance... Or how about the uniform attire Mecca attendees wear as part of the many rituals they adhere to while listening to holified spoken words through speaker phones? While going to a large community gathering around hot air balloons and fireworks, I noticed that the rise of attention and complete adherence to the pledge of allegiance blown through the speakerphone along with everyone dressed uniformly like their favorite TV or music icon, sponsored by many different companies competing and marketing their value was no different than the ceremonies one witnesses at Mecca with competing factions--albeit discreetly--recruiting those who would value their (sometimes extreme) interpretation of the Koran...or in the Western contemporary case, companies compete over your value of the dollar. Are scientists responsible for unlocking new realities by identifying recurring, observable patterns? Since innovative technology is followed by capitalists, are scientists the modern day high-seas explorers sponsored by ambitious valued peoples seeking new grounds for their 'empire' in the old world to take advantage of by proxy? ------ ...artists reduce reality but seek to 'metaphysically' inspire others while science reduces reality materialistically and unconsciously influence culture through tangibles, no?

• Answer:

  k. I am a volunteer for the Stasis Chamber Machine. Wake me up next century. And yes. The capitalists are the new "mecenas" funding the scientists, so we can assume that who first had the money had the power, and that artists and scientists are the same "smart" ones, at least smart enough to dont get caugth.