alt Hacker NewsAdvertising is not a recent evolution of capitalism, it's a foundational piece of it. Whatever you do as a job would not exist if there was no one marketing it. This hostility seems insane.
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Advertising always seems like a prisoner’s dilemma. If no one advertised, people would still buy things.
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.
>it's a foundational piece of it
No it's not
Not having my job would be a tiny price to pay compared to the benefit of living in a world with no advertisements.