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My pet conspiracy theory is that the tobacco industry tried this in the US by getting the government to ban advertising of tobacco.
by tgb 6y ago
My pet conspiracy theory is that the tobacco industry tried this in the US by getting the government to ban advertising of tobacco.
- daniel-cussen 6y agoThis is a form of collusion with which I have no problem.
- disgruntledphd2 6y agoIts not true though, as if it was then they wouldn't spend loads of money where they can still advertise. But they do (and they sponsored F1 for a long time after most advertising was banned) so advertising must have some impact on their sales.
- tgb 6y agoI think my "theory" is false for other reasons, but that they advertise where allowed doesn't contradict any of the theory. They just haven't successfully colluded to get the prisoner's dilemma solved by the local government in those regions and so all still have to defect.