As society advances and evolves, we become
(a) more susceptible to weapons of influence, as they largely rely on automatic responding
(b) less susceptible to weapons of influence, as they largely rely on primitive shortcuts (c) less able to carefully consider our choices
(d) A and C
(e) B and C
ANSWER: D
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