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It appears that they object to ads in principle ("if you feel like you need more ads in your life..."), which is something I respect immensely. I wish more peop
by jordigh 10y ago
It appears that they object to ads in principle ("if you feel like you need more ads in your life..."), which is something I respect immensely. I wish more people made a stand against advertising. It is psychological manipulation that we are guilted into accepting for the good of capitalism.
- SomeStupidPoint 10y agoIt's not even for the good of capitalism: it transforms the market in to a competition to weaponize psychology instead of creating value -- something most of us would argue is a market inefficiency of the modern system. Advertisers will eventually strangle capitalism by increasing the irrationality of market actors until the basic mechanism of effective capital allocation breaks down. Some would argue we're toeing or slightly across that line.