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no, but the concept of marketing still makes sense. We know that corporations devote a lot of resources in marketing. Is it ok to "brainwash" people into buying
by yodsanklai 10y ago
no, but the concept of marketing still makes sense. We know that corporations devote a lot of resources in marketing. Is it ok to "brainwash" people into buying stuff that harm them?
- baddox 10y agoMy impression is that most forms of libertarianism would support the ability to take legal action against firms for dishonest marketing.
- Joof 10y agoIn my opinion, this is basically every commercial or advertising I've ever seen. Emotional arguments damage my ability to make good decisions. Unfortunately, I can't sue.
- yodsanklai 10y agoWhat is dishonest marketing? for instance, using various tricks to make people smoke cigarettes or drink coke (that is bad for them), is that dishonest?
- zzalpha 10y agoHuh? No. Dishonest marketing does not infringe upon your property rights. I've never heard any libertarian claim that limiting speech, for any purpose, is justifiable base on libertarian ideals. Where do you get that idea?
- baddox 10y agoI've read a ton of libertarian stuff, and my impression is that they generally oppose dishonesty from one party in a commercial transaction. It's not very different for a cigarette manufacture to claim their product is healthy than it is for a construction company to agree to build you a house but then stop halfway through despite receiving payment. I think it's pretty clear that both would be opposed by most or all prominent forms of libertarianism.