How Advertising Propaganda Broke the World

Fixed that for you, Wired. They’re the same fucking thing. One is just somehow legal for companies to spew lies about their products and services.

Advertising in the modern world is nothing but propaganda for corporations. Same with Public Relations. If this wasn’t the case, why the fuck would any corporation need a “Fusion Intelligence Center” that specifically targeted scientists and journalists who were simply producing information that made the company look bad?

In case of paywall: https://archive.is/EWaBS

Of course.

The best solution against HIV is not to use protection - it’s to avoid brothels and strangers.

Just like with governments - the best solution against corruption is not oversight, it’s to remove the particular area from governmental management.

If you don’t need anything from some interaction - don’t interact.

Which is why the modern Web, the social media, the fashion tech toy crap, the “AI”, the cryptoscams, … - these are all things that can’t stand. They don’t intend to frankly, just like with Ponzi schemes, the goal is to run very fast until you can’t. What’s the profit in it - the profit is in one-time theft, or one-time murder, or anything else like that. While it lasts, misinformation and censorship and oppression get an easy time. It will end, but the harm will be done and the profits reaped.

EDIT: Which is very close to the “business plan” of NSDAP frankly - a few one-time big scams to fund rearmament of Germany, then a few mass thefts from Jews and whoever else, then a few invasions … at some point they couldn’t keep going this way, though.