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by jaredmck
5432 days ago
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Marketer is not a well-defined class. People who market may not identify as such- many don't even know they market. Marketing is just a word, a neat little box, it contains exactly and only what you want. While you have a lot of bile for marketers behind closed big corporate doors (and I agree they deserve much of this derision) the fact of the matter is, you always have a choice: stop buying their shit. It may take a lot of work to cut through all these layers of bullshit, sure, but ask yourself what it is about marketing which really makes you mad? Marketing, ads, or that you can't yet see through/around/past it enough to stop falling for exactly the traps marketers set? |
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At this moment, you're probably mad and probably wondering what you did wrong as well as wondering if I'm just being an asshole. You're also looking at the score of your post and wondering why it is what it is; "Did he down-vote me and someone else up-voted me? Or is he just trying to make a point?"
I was just making a point, so no, I did not actually down-vote you. The thing is, you and many others have fallen, "For exactly the same traps marketers set." The trap, even if entirely fake, is the reason for the your initial anger, confusion and pondering.
This is an odd and harsh way of both supporting your point and refuting it. You are only human, so you'll get angry if you fall for a trap. None the less, you are correct; often the answer is to stop interacting with or buying from those who would try to trap you, but unfortunately, you do not always have the choice until after the fact.