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There's at least one group that likes drug ads: the advertising industry. High-dollar clients with long commercials (to fit in all their required disclaimers),
by retzkek 5y ago
There's at least one group that likes drug ads: the advertising industry. High-dollar clients with long commercials (to fit in all their required disclaimers), and they're probably the ones with the connections to the appropriate regulators.
Personally I absolutely despise drug commercials, there's not much that will make me change the channel, mute, or turn off the TV faster. Is there a more blatant display of the faults of capitalism?
- rhizome 5y agoIt's not even attributable to "capitalism," per se, because the US and New Zealand are the only places on Earth where they are legal. I may be blinkered as to global laws, so maybe I'll just say the Western Earth.
- retzkek 5y agoSure, that's fair, I suppose I was specifically thinking of US-flavored capitalism, which is undoubtedly its own beast.
- DaveExeter 5y ago>There's at least one group that likes drug ads: the advertising industry. There's another group that likes drug ads: media corporations! Part of the reason big pham spends $billions on ads is to buy the support of the media giants.