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It is really not so repulsive to see the poor asking for money as to see the rich asking for more money. And advertisement is the rich asking for more money.
by isoprophlex 3y ago
It is really not so repulsive to see the poor asking for money as to see the rich asking for more money. And advertisement is the rich asking for more money.
- lisper 3y ago-- G.K. Chesterton
- isoprophlex 3y agoThanks. I forgot the exact quote, found it searching the internet on some shady quote aggregator site, but no attribution...
- parineum 3y agoPresumably, the poor here asking for money is beggars literally just asking for money while advertisements are telling you about things you could get with money. It's a nice quip but it doesn't represent reality at all.
- aendruk 3y agoThis sounds backwards to me. The way I experience it, the reality of advertisements is that they are attempts at manipulating me, and the framing as mere news about nice things is part of the trick.
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