My idea for this is that we should nationalise advertising & product discovery. Over consumption is killing the planet, processed foods are destroying our heal

My idea for this is that we should nationalise advertising & product discovery. Over consumption is killing the planet, processed foods are destroying our health, user engagement hacking is eroding free will. Powerful companies like HSBC manipulate the press through the pressure of their ad-spend. [1] But obviously we can't just see the vast advertising industry and all it supports vanish overnight. However, we could nationalize them. We could pay last years ad-spend to market healthy food, low consumption & social connections. Then next year we could cut spending a little, say 90%. If companies can't survive without the economic dead weight of advertising then they shouldn't exist. It's not like they're required for product discovery in the information technology age. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/feb/17/peter-oborne-telegraph-hsbc-coverage-fraud-readers https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/feb/17/peter-oborne-t...