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mdbl

(8,798 posts)
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:13 PM Thursday

How do we get John Q Public to quit listening to political ads?

I keep trying to figure out a way to get people to quit watching the crap ads being pushed at us from the oligarchy. They have stupid or nasty adds contradicting anything good this country has or had to offer. It doesn't matter if it has to do with the environment, chemicals in our food, huge inequality in pay between workers and CEO's, over-priced healthcare, stupid vaccine arguments, immigration policy, price gouging at grocery stores, etc. How long will it take people to figure out no one gives a shit about them, particularly the asshats that pay for those political ads. Yet they eat it up like it's heroin and vote for the worst candidate that will do them the most harm - usually a repuglican.

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SSJVegeta

(3,214 posts)
1. Create a grant program or incentive program to give corporations more money to run factually objective and informative
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:16 PM
Thursday

Ads instead? Like more subsidies but for actually doing something good...


Spitballing here

mdbl

(8,798 posts)
2. They would have to have ethics or morals to begin with.
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:18 PM
Thursday

Which they don't. Don't ever count on the perpetrators to correct this.

SSJVegeta

(3,214 posts)
5. In this case they would be getting paid to have ethics or morals, and wouldnt get paid if they dont
Thu May 28, 2026, 03:10 PM
Thursday

..which in a corporate model would necessitate whatever provides the largest immediate profit (ethics and morals)

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