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		dhfbshfbu4u3 11 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What if we made advertising illegal? This is as ridiculous as asking, “What if we made agriculture illegal?” You don’t make a planet of 8 billion people work without the trappings of civilization, good and bad. You certainly don’t make it work without commerce and freedom of speech.

ohdearsadface 10 days ago [–]

there are people who disagree, they are called communists. and yes, they can ban agriculture, no agriculture for you my friend.

dhfbshfbu4u3 10 days ago | [–]

True enough, but the math never works out in their favor either.

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