I’m not asking about ads in general, but it might be part of the same behavior. I mean the trend of showing media/art like Finding Nemo and people immediately going over-your-head with the message and buying endangered fish.

Is this commodity fetishization, and if so, what are things an artist or creator can do to curb that? Is this something that is considered the responsibility of the creator?

Can anybody suggest readings or authors that shed light on this problem or possible solutions?

  • Lavender [they/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Oh okay. I was coming at this from a lens of magical thinking within capitalism. I think I see where I went wrong - I was thinking along the lines of a movie like Finding Nemo having the opposite of the intended effect because consumers don’t understand that poaching fish and buying toys that become pollutants is actually harmful. But that seems more like apathy and consumerism, yes.