I want to get as far away from the ad economy and ad culture as possible. Since there’s a 0% chance the morons supporting it will ever learn from their mistakes, I’m starting to realize the only option going forward is to create new places where we aren’t stuck with the “tunnel vision of the stupids.”
It doesn’t have to be large, start small and work our way out. It also doesn’t have to be expensive. It shouldn’t be too difficult to enforce a ban on physical advertisements within the borders, but digital advertising is a whole 'nother ballgame.
Even for a small town, would it be possible to sue companies for running ads in it? Similar to how the same company will show different content on their web services depending on where the user connects from to adhere to local laws. It would be fine if they just blocked connections from where advertising is illegal, but it’s not okay for them to show ads to our residents.
Any insight into this besides useful idiots saying advertising is good or necessary would be greatly appreciated!
This is why I want to set a basic minimum to allow for the actual small businesses to have a chance. I have an idea that any ban should apply only to individuals or groups that have a gross revenue of greater than ~25x the annualized median wage. (by state if operating entirely within a US state, by national median if operating across state lines, etc.) It would let small businesses get the word out at the start but once they are making (based on 2023 data) ~$1M/yr, (enough to have multiple employees and maintain a healthy profit margin) they are doing enough business that they should be established and no longer need exemption.