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I just came back home to Europe after a month long stay in a village in Africa, I was baffled by how oppressing the amount of advertisement is in Western cities
by keraf 5y ago
I just came back home to Europe after a month long stay in a village in Africa, I was baffled by how oppressing the amount of advertisement is in Western cities. It's the first thing I noticed when I got back. It never really occurred to me before that, but now I see it everywhere and it's sickening. Especially most of it is for low-quality/unhealthy products. I developed a particular hate for attention grabbing digital advertising displays.
The anti-billboard movement, adopted by a few cities such as Geneva[0], is a good step towards less visual pollution.
[0] https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/directdemocracy/geneva-z%C3%A9ro-pub-_how-geneva-could-join-anti-billboard-movement/43459942 https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/directdemocracy/geneva-z%C3%A9r...