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by autoexec 778 days ago
> Ad-free societies can exist. Granted, the only one I've seen do it successfully was North Korea,

I don't think you could call North Korea ad free when it's wall to wall propaganda. Just because there's only one "product" allowed to advertise, that doesn't mean people aren't being constantly manipulated by advertising.

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Yeah, it's obviously not the ideal, but if you look up a video of a walkabout through the city there you'll see what I mean immediately.