What if we made advertising illegal?
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Author: gurjeet
Date: 7/24/2026
Article Summary:
The author argues that making advertising illegal would be beneficial for society, as it would eliminate the mechanisms that allow commercial and political actors to create personalized, reality-distorting bubbles and would force everyone to snap back into reality.