Capitalism is turning us into addicts

ooli@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world – 191 points –
Capitalism is turning us into addicts
vox.com
64

You are viewing a single comment

Marketing corps are pretty effective and quite predatory...ACT NOW ONLY 5 LEFT IN STOCK.

583 OTHER PEOPLE ARE READING THIS COMMENT, QUICK ACT NOW

If that works on someone, it's not because the marketer is smart, but because they know how to cast their net where the dumb fish are.

Yea, but it's more devious than that. Technology making it possible micro target groups and individuals get kinda scary. If I know enough about you, I can almost convince you if anything. All top tier marketing peeps know this.

get kinda scary

Only if you are of the mindset that it is bad originally. It's like how Tucker Carlson can make immigrants seem scary.

If I know enough about you, I can almost convince you if anything

This is not how targeted ads work, and doesn't really seem to be true. It stands to reason that a lot of progressive young people know a lot about their conservative parents or grandparents and yet cannot convince them of anything.

Read up on Cambridge Analytica.

I'm well aware of Cambridge Analytica and it seems you are not. They did not mind control people.

They simply had insider knowledge on where to toss their nets.