Finding solutions to problems people were not aware of is sometimes simply progress. No one missed the walkman before it existed, but once there it clearly had a useful role.
This is a high price to pay for an end to the consumer society.
There are other consequences of banning advertising. Just how much control over your life are you willing to give the state?
Yes, in the core, advertisement is simply a good thing,
No - making fundamental changes to society is not something that should be undertaken lightly - based on some sort of feel good left-wing position. This is doubly true when attempting to graft political ideas from one system onto a radically different system. We need to understand what the consequences of our actions will be in the real world - all the consequences.
What is needed is not the banning of advertising, but a complete overhaul of for whom does the government operate. We are for Justice and Mercy, and Truth and Peace, and true Freedom. Edward Burroughs 1659
I think we may agree on the problems of banning advertising. I would not go so far as to think that advertising as it currently exists is basically a good thing. We are for Justice and Mercy, and Truth and Peace, and true Freedom. Edward Burroughs 1659
I think television advertisement is a very specific, and relatively harmful version of advertisement. It's not informative, expensive and broadcast, meaning it hits everyone, including lots of people outside their targets
