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The entire marketing industry is gross and needs to die.
But let's not act like it's pointless. Propaganda (advertising) works, and works well.
it works, but it only works because we're propping up capitalism with the bodies of workers. Marketing serves no fundamental purpose for society
Nah, it works because our understanding of human psychology is real, and lots of people are susceptible to the messaging of advertising.
Propaganda (what advertising is at its core) still works under communism, it doesn't suddenly stop working because capitalism no longer exists. If that was true, images like the one below wouldn't have needed to exist to help promote the communist message. (Propaganda isn't always inherently evil, sometimes it's purpose is to help spread a political message that can be positive.)
I agree, marketing serves no fundamental purpose for society, because it's essentially just lies to sell a product or service. However I vehemently disagree it only works because of capitalism.
Good framing of the issue. It is just strategic dissemination of information. That is morally neutral. The strategy, however, can be motivated by good or ill intentions. This is a good distinction to make.
Elon hasn’t branched X into toilet paper yet but wiping my ass with his tweets would be pretty magical.