git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agoWhat If We Made Advertising Illegal?simone.orgexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1138arrow-down1external-linkWhat If We Made Advertising Illegal?simone.orggit [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square51fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squaremiz [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 days ago Propaganda is advertising for the state, lost me here. bad definition
minus-squarevovchik_ilich [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 days ago“It’s only propaganda if the state does it” is crazy
minus-squareLamprey [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoIt’s also inconsistent with the premise that advertising incentives brain rot and misinformation, since state propaganda is not a source of money
minus-squarerestless [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoIn the article it seems they’re equating the two and… want both forms banned. When I say advertising, I also mean propaganda. Propaganda is advertising for the state, and advertising is propaganda for the private. Same thing.
minus-squarevovchik_ilich [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoGood state: does anti-smoking campaign, saving hundreds of thousands of lives Lib pundit: “this is literally 1984!!!”
minus-squareEnjoyer_of_Games [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoLib state: does anti-smoking campaign, saving hundreds of thousands of lives Good state: bans smoking
lost me here. bad definition
“It’s only propaganda if the state does it” is crazy
It’s also inconsistent with the premise that advertising incentives brain rot and misinformation, since state propaganda is not a source of money
In the article it seems they’re equating the two and… want both forms banned.
Good state: does anti-smoking campaign, saving hundreds of thousands of lives
Lib pundit: “this is literally 1984!!!”
Lib state: does anti-smoking campaign, saving hundreds of thousands of lives
Good state: bans smoking