[generic92034]

Nope. You did say:

> Ads are no more psychological manipulation at scale than words in general.

This is a statement about magnitudes and in my estimation the statement is mostly wrong.

[endisneigh]

it's not right or wrong.

is paid poster in a college dorm hall - an advertisement - more or less manipulative than Trump's January 6th tweets?

If you have evidence to suggest that advertisements are inherently more manipulative than other types of communication feel free to share.

[generic92034]

You have weighed "words in general" against ads. For me that is comparing an average with those ads. The average of generally used words/speech is very, very far from Trump's tweets and similar communication, IMHO.