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Advertising is essentially just lazy attempted fraud, one person trying to convince another to give them money in exchange for something they may or may not nee
by causi 5y ago
Advertising is essentially just lazy attempted fraud, one person trying to convince another to give them money in exchange for something they may or may not need or want. I understand it in a more absolutist free speech country like the US. I don't at all understand why a society would ban, say, hate speech while still allowing uninformed, non-specific advertising. Seems hypocritical.
- matheusmoreira 5y agoPeople have free speech. If someone wants to recommend some product to a friend, they are absolutely free to do so. That's how things should work. Companies are not people. Their speech should be fully regulated.
- causi 5y agoAt least not without the attendant responsibilities. If we're going to treat companies like people, go all the way. When they commit crimes, send them to prison, i.e., make them fully stop any economic activity for years at a time.
- 14 5y agoI am not so sure about the fraud claim. I once saw an add on FB and bought the product. I am still happy to this day and do not feel the victim to fraud. But I do agree it is odd society has allowed it to go on as it has for so long. Especially in the US with their constitutional rights and freedoms. People so worried the government will sneak the smallest peek but totally don’t bat and eye when some private company mines every detail of your life. Weird.
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- HatchedLake721 5y agoI think you misunderstand advertising if you think it’s fraud.
- kibwen 5y agoYou're right, it's more like corporate-sponsored brainwashing.
- StevePerkins 5y ago> "fraud: one person trying to convince another to give them money in exchange for something they may or may not need or want" That is one bizarre definition for the word "fraud".
- kingcharles 5y agoI can't count the number of times I've seen advertising for a product that I then purchased and was very happy with - but I would not have ever found it without the advertising.