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Re:How the food lobby fights sugar regulation in the EU [pdf] by yodsanklai on Saturday July 30, 2016 @08:51AM (#12192759)
no, but the concept of marketing still makes sense. We know that corporations devote a lot of resources in marketing. Is it ok to "brainwash" people into buying stuff that harm them?
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Re:How the food lobby fights sugar regulation in the EU [pdf] by baddox on Saturday July 30, 2016 @09:25AM (#12192871)
My impression is that most forms of libertarianism would support the ability to take legal action against firms for dishonest marketing.
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Re:How the food lobby fights sugar regulation in the EU [pdf] by Joof on Saturday July 30, 2016 @09:45AM (#12192936)
In my opinion, this is basically every commercial or advertising I've ever seen. Emotional arguments damage my ability to make good decisions.

Unfortunately, I can't sue.

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Re:How the food lobby fights sugar regulation in the EU [pdf] by zzalpha on Saturday July 30, 2016 @11:18AM (#12193298)
Huh? No.

Dishonest marketing does not infringe upon your property rights. I've never heard any libertarian claim that limiting speech, for any purpose, is justifiable base on libertarian ideals.

Where do you get that idea?

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Re:How the food lobby fights sugar regulation in the EU [pdf] by baddox on Sunday July 31, 2016 @10:01AM (#12196992)
I've read a ton of libertarian stuff, and my impression is that they generally oppose dishonesty from one party in a commercial transaction.

It's not very different for a cigarette manufacture to claim their product is healthy than it is for a construction company to agree to build you a house but then stop halfway through despite receiving payment. I think it's pretty clear that both would be opposed by most or all prominent forms of libertarianism.

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Re:How the food lobby fights sugar regulation in the EU [pdf] by yodsanklai on Saturday July 30, 2016 @09:58AM (#12192983)
What is dishonest marketing? for instance, using various tricks to make people smoke cigarettes or drink coke (that is bad for them), is that dishonest?
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