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It's a negative sum game. I'd happily ban all advertising and replaced it with government managed services and products dictionary where suppliers would put the

It's a negative sum game. I'd happily ban all advertising and replaced it with government managed services and products dictionary where suppliers would put their offers with prices. It would also be a hub of technical information about the products and their reviews. Also information about companies operating on the market. Conduct, ownership structure, financial information, everything. Basically all the market information on a silver platter for every customer and business to take.

vlovich123 3y ago
Negative sum for society but zero sum for the players
- scotty79 3y ago
  Producing advertising metrials isn't free. So it's a negative for everybody.
JAlexoid 3y ago
And then the likes of Donald comes in and decides, that anyone that didn't support his campaign isn't worthy to be listed in the government "dictionary"(it's directory). Yeah... I'll live with bad advertising, rather than pave the way to 1984.
- vlovich123 3y ago
  Advertising has nothing to do with political speech, free speech, or whether or not you can have a business. I think it’s a leap to claim that regulating and restricting some forms of commercial speech (equally across the board for all players btw) is on the road to 1984.
  - JAlexoid 3y ago
    I was responding to the proposal to have a government run directory, to replace all and any advertising. Advertising is also a matter of freedom of speech. Political speech is absolutely advertising... and a business exists exclusively based on the ability to disseminate information about the existence of a business (aka advertising) What is "commercial speech"? It's one thing to talk about billboards, that take up public space... and advertising in general.
- scotty79 3y ago
  Government already controls the market. It sets the rules what's allowed and what's not. It might as well do it efficiently and while providing accurate information to the customers.

vlovich123 3y ago

Negative sum for society but zero sum for the players

scotty79 3y ago
Producing advertising metrials isn't free. So it's a negative for everybody.

JAlexoid 3y ago

And then the likes of Donald comes in and decides, that anyone that didn't support his campaign isn't worthy to be listed in the government "dictionary"(it's directory). Yeah... I'll live with bad advertising, rather than pave the way to 1984.

vlovich123 3y ago
Advertising has nothing to do with political speech, free speech, or whether or not you can have a business. I think it’s a leap to claim that regulating and restricting some forms of commercial speech (equally across the board for all players btw) is on the road to 1984.
- JAlexoid 3y ago
  I was responding to the proposal to have a government run directory, to replace all and any advertising. Advertising is also a matter of freedom of speech. Political speech is absolutely advertising... and a business exists exclusively based on the ability to disseminate information about the existence of a business (aka advertising) What is "commercial speech"? It's one thing to talk about billboards, that take up public space... and advertising in general.
scotty79 3y ago
Government already controls the market. It sets the rules what's allowed and what's not. It might as well do it efficiently and while providing accurate information to the customers.