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by 12345ieee 145 days ago
The early theorists of capitalism didn't imagine that advanced psychology (that didn't even exist back then) would be used to convince people to buy $product.

Messages of that sophistication are always dangerous, and modern advertising is the most widespread example of it.

The hostility is more than justified, I can only hope the whole industry is regulated downwards, even if whatever company I work for sells less.

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> Messages of that sophistication [...]

By demonising them, you are making ads sounds way more glamorous than they are.