Comment by starfezzy

EDIT: When I said "I've felt the same way", I meant about outlawing advertising. Propaganda in general should be allowed—especially the political kind. But consumerist propaganda (aka advertising) needs to be abolished.

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I've felt the same way. Some thoughts I had while reading:

> Propaganda is advertising for the state, and advertising is propaganda for the private. Same thing.

Rare to see someone else recognize this. Not all propaganda is malicious; all systematic spreading of ideas aimed at promoting a cause or influencing opinions is propaganda.

> Think about what's happened since 2016: Populists exploit ad marketplaces

This feels like calling out conservatives. Ironically, it's through relentless propaganda over a century that progressivism has become ascendant. We're reminded 24/7 from every mainstream institution, that what has historically been radically unpopular is ACTUALLY "normal" and "respectable". Indeed, it's only through such incessant propaganda that overwhelmingly unpopular trends have been able to take hold.

> what poisons our democracy is a liberating act in itself. An action against that blurry, “out-of-focus fascism”

What poisons our republic is progressives forgetting that they're ascendant and how they got there.