git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agoWhat If We Made Advertising Illegal?simone.orgexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1136arrow-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-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-up3·1 day 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-up9·1 day 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-up1·11 hours agoLib state: does anti-smoking campaign, saving hundreds of thousands of lives Good state: bans smoking
“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