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Would Your Life Improve If Advertising Was Banned?
Does it sound arrogant when I say I want to change the world? Maybe. But I just don’t have a better idea for what to do with my life.
To change the world, I try to allow all kinds of thoughts in my mind — including those that seem to contradict my core beliefs and values.
For example, sometimes I question whether we can still afford to treat all political views as equal. When it becomes obvious that much of the conservative, nationalist thinking reinforces so many global conflicts of our times — should these views be seen as equally substantive to the so-called “leftist” pushes for equality and transnationalism?
Same goes for the principles of our economy. Since we accepted that free market should be interfered with as little as possible, it seems that we treat it as some kind of sacred dogma. And when it comes to advertising — virtually no one questions the right that companies possess to promote whatever they want, in whatever manner they see fit.
When I look at the phenomenon of advertising as a whole — I see virtually no benefit it brings to society. Wouldn’t we all be better off if it was banned altogether?
