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> but the sad truth is that most people won't care about the lies and misdirection because advertising has normalized this type of behaviour. This is probably
by dmix 3y ago
> but the sad truth is that most people won't care about the lies and misdirection because advertising has normalized this type of behaviour.
This is probably the greatest time in modern capitalist history where this is wrong. If anything the youth have grown up being assaulted with marketing and become savvy dechiperers and careful. My parents generation were more easy suckers.
Being honest matters a lot on social media. People love nothing more to expose this sort of thing (drama!) and point at a company to laugh at them. This thread on HN and Twitter is good proof. Although one could argue the no press is bad press angle.