• hedge_lord@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    I mean I think that it does work on most people. I have a few people in my life who just don’t block ads. Some of them do not even change their radio frequency when ads play through it. They think that they can choose for it to not affect them, but that’s not really how propaganda works.

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      17 hours ago

      Just think how many people started making sourdough bread during covid lockdowns. That may not have been intentional advertising, just a few people starting a thing & then it was everywhere, and so many people who’d never cooked a day in their life became obsessed with sourdough bread. Advertising fills in the blank when you say, “Fuck it, let’s just _____”