For this reason, the atrocity of marketing must be ruthlessly purged from human society at all costs in order to protect our fragile, easily manipulated minds.

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  • ElGosso [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    How is this argument meaningfully different than defending people who work at Boeing because it's the only place that hires aerospace engineers

    • RION [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Are you telling me the guy doing the copy for chewing gum magazine ads is the moral equivalent of people involved in the design and manufacture of weapons of war

      • ElGosso [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Are you telling me that the guy who designs the cognitohazards that are inflicted on our society is free from sin because all he wants to do is doodle a little bit

        • RION [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          I'm saying that I don't think it's nearly as bad as designing missiles and that telling him to kill himself is a little much. If everyone whose job has negative effects on society under capitalism deserves death I don't know how many people you're going to have left once its all said and done