> There was some period of discussion on the subject back in like 2003 but the ad companies went to war against human civilization and there's been no going bac

> There was some period of discussion on the subject back in like 2003 but the ad companies went to war against human civilization and there's been no going back. I believe this is true about society in general and has gone on since long before 2003. Almost every ill in modern society can be drawn back to some people doing their best to convince other people to buy shit from them. At this point, I think we should make a serious political effort to outright ban advertising and marketing entirely. Whatever the results of that are, I seriously doubt they'd be worse than what we have.