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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

"It's only propaganda if the state does it" is crazy

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In 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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Good state: does anti-smoking campaign, saving hundreds of thousands of lives

Lib pundit: "this is literally 1984!!!!!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Lib state: does anti-smoking campaign, saving hundreds of thousands of lives

Good state: bans smoking

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

It's also inconsistent with the premise that advertising incentives brain rot and misinformation, since state propaganda is not a source of money