• Observer1199@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    What I’m hearing is that marketing is the problem - if so much money wasn’t wasted on it then the world would be a better place.

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      6 months ago

      True, but then we’d rely heavily on word of mouth to learn about anything new, in a world without marketing.

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        6 months ago

        I see no downside, only upsides, mainly not having to be subjected to the bile spewed by company propagandists who manipulate people in search of unsustainable growth and profit at the expense of humanity

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            6 months ago

            No marketing people, no marketing materials, no marketing budget, no influencers. I don’t mean not using the term and switching the practise to some other title or having it so there are loopholes that allow the propaganda machine to continue making the world a worse place.

            Do I think this will happen? No, it is but a dream due to the greed of humanity. Those on top thinking their entitled to be mega wealthy, those on the bottom hoping they’ll be on top one day.