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Influence-for-hire distorts public discourse, threatens democracy (dailymaverick.co.za)
2 points by stareatgoats 4 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Advertising is indeed a great evil. The more so when it is allowed to hide under the skirts of other indoctrination efforts.

Just imagine what could happen if major media was taken over by a clique of religious Anti-Humanists. We'd be flooded with stories about how bad people are. It'd be worked into stories about every single subject. It'd become weird to read a news story that didn't mention"humans are bad"...




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