Re:Milton Friedman: Is Capitalism Humane? (1977) [video]
by wyre on Friday March 06, 2020 @12:05PM
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Meaning is subjective no matter the economic system. Trillions of dollars spent in advertising also misleads people into valuing the wrong things. I see this as a problem of capitalism.
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Re:Milton Friedman: Is Capitalism Humane? (1977) [video]
by davidivadavid on Friday March 06, 2020 @02:30PM
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People valuing different things differently is a result of culture. Advertising influences culture, to some extent, but it only wishes it was as powerful as people assume it to be.
Most notably, people are not "misled" into valuing the "wrong" things. You just have a different opinion of what people should value based on your own culture, values, etc. It doesn't mean they're wrong, brainwashed, or anything of the kind.