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8 paragraphs of negative emotional valence. Regardless of whether you agree or disagree, you won't learn anything new here.
by cwillu 3y ago
8 paragraphs of negative emotional valence. Regardless of whether you agree or disagree, you won't learn anything new here.
- subjectsigma 3y agoI imagine that the author would say something like: One of the core tenets of advertising is that repetition works to make people believe ideas. If you want to fight advertising (or other harmful consumerism), you have to repeat yourself as much or more than they do. I suppose this begs the question: If you use the tactics of surveillance capitalists for "good", do you bring yourself to their level?
- kjkjadksj 3y agoYou don’t even have to do that. You can just ask a simple question when presented some media: “who benefits?” This line of thinking can help you reliably deduce the intentions of many pieces of advertisement and propaganda. To just accept the firehose as it is, is to suck from it as its owners intend. Just take a step back and ask why. Logic will reveal the ground truth.
- seadan83 3y agoSame with your comment? Just don't up-vote or comment in the future?
- cwillu 3y agoMy comment isn't surrounded with multiple calls to action to pay me money in exchange for more of my writing. “Flippantly dismissive” is exactly the level of criticism it deserves, given the amount of cheer-leading inanity on display.
- seadan83 3y agoTo some potentially large extent I agree with what you wrote. Though, this guideline is perhaps violated: > Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something. The guidelines would dissuade us from making 'flippantly dismissive' comments - even if we feel they are merited.