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[–] akwd169@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Bro what is with out fucking government and spending our tax dollars on fucking advertisment campaigns

God damn just do something useful with our money instead of wasting it trying to manipulate peoples opinions!

Peoples opinions are dogshit and stupid ad campaigns wont change that

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Two things:

  1. It’s cheaper to manipulate opinions than do the right thing. It’s a tale as old as time and part of the reason why capitalist “innovation” is almost entirely focused on overhyped PR bullshit instead of actually making a good product. Carney’s a hardcore capitalist, expecting otherwise is a fool’s errand.
  2. Governments should tell their citizens what they’re doing. A lot of people don’t see things in the news but still need to know. Yes it can be misused, but that doesn’t make it inherently bad.
[–] EatYourOrach@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

I swear, I hear it in my sleep: paidforbythegovernmentofontario ding-dingding-ding