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minus-squareSauerkrautlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agoAdvertising is absolutely morally reprehensible. It is propaganda that exists only to manipulate people into buying shit they didn’t want or need. And it turns out that mindless consumerism is destroying society and our planet.
minus-squareinfinite_ass@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYou can’t make better people and better cattle at the same time. Imagine you were a billionaire. Which do you want?
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoI never said it wasn’t morally reprehensible. Only that it’s less morally reprehensible than something like making weapons.
Advertising is absolutely morally reprehensible. It is propaganda that exists only to manipulate people into buying shit they didn’t want or need. And it turns out that mindless consumerism is destroying society and our planet.
You can’t make better people and better cattle at the same time.
Imagine you were a billionaire. Which do you want?
I never said it wasn’t morally reprehensible. Only that it’s less morally reprehensible than something like making weapons.