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Has it ever not been?

• BiteCode_dev 5y ago
  If you read the excellent Bernays' propaganda (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_(book)), you can have dive into how advertising was perceived in 1920. While I don't buy that this is the only view at the time, and that there was no dirt to find, I believe that there was a time were ads were imagined as a way to inform the consumers, or at least convey some kind of information to them. Unfortunately, the market doesn't optimize for what's right, only for what's profitable. The too may or may not aligned at first, but give it enough time, and it will deviate.
  • mistrial9 5y ago
    obligatory ref to "Century of the Self" four-part documentary
• codyb 5y ago
  Just personally, I’m not super opposed to ads sold on television networks that come over my antenna that basically just market to specific demographics. Billboards a bit problematic if they distract drivers but otherwise don’t bother me much either.