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>>matthe+(OP)
This post came from this HN discussion earlier this week:

What if we made advertising illegal?

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43595269#43599667

>>matthe+f
We should outright forbid it in public space. IHMO.

Also I'd say lets only tax undesirable behaviour!

So not tax:

* wages

* having a house

* adding value (VAT)

But so tax:

* land use

* polluting

* packaging (could be part of polluting)

* accumulating profits at the top

This idea has some similarities to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism

>>cies+Pd
> We should outright forbid [advertising] in public space. IHMO.

My cousin died to protect your right to say this. Ads are speech too.

>>Galati+cf
I think free speech is something to protect for humans, not for companies.

I can say "you should get the vaccine!" Companies that want to say these kinds of things have rules to abide by: and thanks fully so.

I'm much for free speech, but more in the sense that we should be able to discuss policy/politics/critique/bitch/bash/religions/etc. Not so we can make terror plans, defame, harass, bully and share child porn.

Not sure what happened to your cousin... But I'm curious now. Care to share?

>>cies+Tn
> Not sure what happened to your cousin... But I'm curious now. Care to share?

My cousin served in the Armed Forces "to protect your freedom" (his words). The fact that he died during training maneuvers, does not detract from that.