git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoWhat If We Made Advertising Illegal?simone.orgexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down11
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minus-squarevovchik_ilich [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·1 month ago“It’s only propaganda if the state does it” is crazy
minus-squarerestless [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month 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 month 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-up1·1 month agoLib state: does anti-smoking campaign, saving hundreds of thousands of lives Good state: bans smoking
minus-squareLamprey [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoIt’s also inconsistent with the premise that advertising incentives brain rot and misinformation, since state propaganda is not a source of money
“It’s only propaganda if the state does it” is crazy
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
It’s also inconsistent with the premise that advertising incentives brain rot and misinformation, since state propaganda is not a source of money