Our mass production era starts in WWII under the simple premise that if you build more bullets than your enemy, you win, in a conventional war.

Full employment ensued during WW2 because of the imminent threat of the enemy, which at the time, was quite real. The way to defeat this enemy was with PRODUCTION:



And propoganda strongly arose and united America in a common cause.



Commercials from the 1950s:



Everyone Needs Two Cars = Freedom



Tooth Decay = Communism

Convenient Gadgets = Freedom



More Convience for your Fridge



Finally, let's sell cigarettes by Doctors !!