Is Advertising and Marketing with the U.S. Flag Unethical?

Happy (belated) Independence Day. This weekend was America’s birthday. Contact the fire department for these 238 candles. Now, go to the store — any store — and you will see brands adorned with Old Glory everywhere.

Up and down the shelves, the U.S. flag decorates nearly every product you see, quite literally from soup to nuts. If it can be printed, it will be sold. Here’s the question: As patriotic as this country says it is, what about this decoration doesn’t scream “desecration?

Ethics aside, isn’t this just a little illegal? (Hint: the law says yes.)

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