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Recently I was shown a promoted tweet from Purdue Pharma (makers of OxyContin) about how they generously support drug abuse education. I'm not sure I immediatel
by rgovostes 7y ago
Recently I was shown a promoted tweet from Purdue Pharma (makers of OxyContin) about how they generously support drug abuse education. I'm not sure I immediately see the moral difference between state-sponsored propaganda and corporate propaganda.
- whatshisface 7y agoRequired reading from our own PG: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html Now that China is using historically corporate channels of propaganda, I hope that we can all realize that we need to close them, not just to foreign states but also to the corporations who were abusing them originally.
- rickycook 7y agoi tend to agree with the sentiment, however i’d say the important distinction is that a government has the ability to force things on people, a corporation only had the ability to influence “choice”... we can discuss whether that choice is truly a choice in many cases, but i think the initial difference is enough for it to stand on its own on the other side of a clear line in the sand