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Bill Hicks does a good job of explaining my thoughts on the matter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHEOGrkhDp0

But on a more serious note, while I somewhat agree that not all marketing is evil, some absolutely is. I do not consider the marketing that cigarette companies did to knowingly hook kids on an addictive, cancer causing substance a good thing; I find it rather evil. Since it can be used for evil, I would rather make it as difficult as possible for them to use it against me. It might be a mostly pointless exercise, but it makes me feel better about it.



Even Bill Hicks relied on marketing to advertise his shows.


Once again someone fails to separate passive marketing that provides knowledge about a product and allows customers to decide, from active marketing that seeks to manipulate and deceive.


Was he tracking all of his fans?




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