git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoWhat If We Made Advertising Illegal?simone.orgexternal-linkmessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down11cross-posted to: france@lemmit.onlinemildlyinteresting@lemmy.worldbrainworms@lemm.eehackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1140arrow-down1external-linkWhat If We Made Advertising Illegal?simone.orggit [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square51linkfedilinkcross-posted to: france@lemmit.onlinemildlyinteresting@lemmy.worldbrainworms@lemm.eehackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squaremiz [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 months ago Propaganda is advertising for the state, lost me here. bad definition
minus-squarevovchik_ilich [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 months ago“It’s only propaganda if the state does it” is crazy
minus-squarerestless [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoIn the article it seems they’re equating the two and… want both forms banned. When I say advertising, I also mean propaganda. Propaganda is advertising for the state, and advertising is propaganda for the private. Same thing.
minus-squarevovchik_ilich [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoGood state: does anti-smoking campaign, saving hundreds of thousands of lives Lib pundit: “this is literally 1984!!!”
minus-squareEnjoyer_of_Games [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoLib state: does anti-smoking campaign, saving hundreds of thousands of lives Good state: bans smoking
minus-squareLamprey [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoIt’s also inconsistent with the premise that advertising incentives brain rot and misinformation, since state propaganda is not a source of money
lost me here. bad definition
“It’s only propaganda if the state does it” is crazy
In the article it seems they’re equating the two and… want both forms banned.
Good state: does anti-smoking campaign, saving hundreds of thousands of lives
Lib pundit: “this is literally 1984!!!”
Lib state: does anti-smoking campaign, saving hundreds of thousands of lives
Good state: bans smoking
It’s also inconsistent with the premise that advertising incentives brain rot and misinformation, since state propaganda is not a source of money