So, assuming socialism/communism is achieved, how does advertising look to you?
The role is reduced from profit motive to informational - but won't there be a level of personal pride at stake in some cases?
What about all the attention grabby colourful bullshit with a billion cuts? Or the adverts that have a sort of narrative involved? Shouldn't all of this stuff be redundant under socialism?
Curious to know your thoughts on the general ideas of it, because I can't seem to unwrap it.
Are there national brands or are consumer goods all regional? The only advertising I ever notice is for Coca-cola, Budweiser, Toyota, Ford and other national and international brands. I don't see ad buys for Jones cola, my local brewery, or anything of the like. So I got to figure the character of manufacturing and branding will play a part in what advertising looks like under communism. Do we know what that will look like first?
Capitalism’s other end point is monopoly. Which is what you’re looking at when you realize there’s hardly any regional things anymore (even radio stations, which used to be a delight).
Mergers and acquisitions were the rage in the 80’s/90’s. Corporate conglomeration decimated everything. There are some graphs showing, for instance, how maybe a handful of food conglomerates like Nestle, Kraft and General Mills own and produce pretty much all the crappy processed foods displayed on American supermarkets shelves to give the illusion of many choices. Freedom of choice!
As Bill Hicks said, please do us all a favor if you’re in marketing and kill yourselves.