— Yes, printing costs money, Adbusters does not sell advertisements. What would be an alternative?
He has called the automobile “arguably the most destructive product we humans have ever produced.” Yet he cheerfully drives a Toyota.
— Adbusters attacks the culture and society that gives rise to urban locations where driving is a necessity. If our government was one which supported public or green transport, which most do not, ActivistCash might have a point. However, we live in a country where driving is by and large the only option. Adbusters attacks cars, yes, but much more often they attack the culture that hasn't called for alternatives to the car.
Why has this thread turned into a flaming of Adbusters? Adbusters is a brand, yes. Spacecollective is a brand (it even produces advertisements), filled with buzzwords on every page ( Polytopia, Terrestrials, post-human ). Singularitarianism is a brand ( why do you think venture capitalists give Ray Kurzweil so much money to invest in the future), with it's own buzzwords. Neither of these things make them "elitist cabals."
Adbusters is a brand calling for the destruction of brands. That's not hypocritical. Adbusters is critiquing the system with the only tools available within that very system. American revolutionary soldiers used British goods when they had to and when it was more efficient. That's not hypocrisy, it's pragmatism.
— Yes, printing costs money, Adbusters does not sell advertisements. What would be an alternative?
— Adbusters attacks the culture and society that gives rise to urban locations where driving is a necessity. If our government was one which supported public or green transport, which most do not, ActivistCash might have a point. However, we live in a country where driving is by and large the only option. Adbusters attacks cars, yes, but much more often they attack the culture that hasn't called for alternatives to the car.
Why has this thread turned into a flaming of Adbusters? Adbusters is a brand, yes. Spacecollective is a brand (it even produces advertisements), filled with buzzwords on every page ( Polytopia, Terrestrials, post-human ). Singularitarianism is a brand ( why do you think venture capitalists give Ray Kurzweil so much money to invest in the future), with it's own buzzwords. Neither of these things make them "elitist cabals."
Adbusters is a brand calling for the destruction of brands. That's not hypocritical. Adbusters is critiquing the system with the only tools available within that very system. American revolutionary soldiers used British goods when they had to and when it was more efficient. That's not hypocrisy, it's pragmatism.