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[–] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The advertisers don't give a shit about all that stuff, you're supposed to buy things to make the company money. If there was no money to he gained, they wouldn't sell and advertise it. They're just trying to convince you you need product x for activity y

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The advertisers don't care. But, the people they're advertising things to do care. For them, profit is not valued above all these other things, thus the advertisers need to target things they do care about: friends, family, status, leisure activities, etc.

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[–] blind3rdeye@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I agree with that. But the claim was that capitalism puts profit above all else, not necessarily that individual people do that.

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Capitalism is people.

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[–] blind3rdeye@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

In a similar way to how feudalism is people?

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

Yes, all the isms are people.

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