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(edit; not directly responding only to your comment, also to the parent) Advertising is shitty but how would you realistically even make it illegal without vio
by moritzwarhier 2mo ago
(edit; not directly responding only to your comment, also to the parent)
Advertising is shitty but how would you realistically even make it illegal without violating free speech.
Also, advertising does have a good-faith purpose in functioning markets.
Failures in regulation IMO are mostly at entirely different levels.
E.g. monetization of public utilities and public space. Noise, brightness, and of course deceptive tactics could all be better regulated as well.
But advertising, including its diffusion into general pop culture and entertainment, is older than the printing press, and I think for a broad sense of "advertising", even a lot older.
- inigyou 2mo agoPlenty of countries don't have unlimited free speech. The USA, even, isn't one of the countries with the freest speech.
- moritzwarhier 2mo agoSure, but which countries ban all advertising? Is a logo advertising? Or only advertising in media? Urban spaces? Sure I'd say, but what about your storefront? Encouraging word of mouth?
- account42 2mo agoCorporations are not natural persons and do not have constitutionally guaranteed free speech rights that can be violated. Any individual shilling for a corporation can be held personally liable for damages. And we already don't allow everything that is technically speech. Harassing people is already illegal, unless you're a corporation. Taking advantage of the vulnerable is already generally illegal, unless you're a corporation.