Advertisement is basically being considered poison in the point of view of Kalle Lasn due the fact that ads are a powerful threat for the brains of the North American population. There used to be places to escape from ads but due to the fact that it never stops and are in everywhere you wouldn't even consider would have ads. 12 billion display ads, 3 million radio commercials, and 200,000 TV commercials shows exactly why it's not an exageration when its quoted "the most prevelant and toxic of the mental polluntants".
When it comes to ads I personally think that the fact that there are 12 billion display ads, 3 millon radio commmercials, and 200,000 TV commercials every day makes me wonder when is there never an ad of anything poping up in your face as you go through your daily lives doing whatever your doing. To consider advertisement a toxin is probably the greatest way to describe it but I wouldn't call it toxic but more as a cold that never goes away. One example would be the proactive commercials that some popular celebrities have been paid to be in as well as fitness equipment that supposably helps you lose weight like the shakeweights. When it comes to ads North America definitely takes the cake.
Destroying little kids minds by using the things they love most, and thats candy, toys, and videogames. One example of candy would be Skittles T.V ad ending with "taste the rainbow"; yeah I taste it alright but is it the rainbow or is it ad poison that I taste in my mouth with skittles. Back in the day there used to be so many toys I bought and played with when I was five-years old because of ads, and they slinkies, playdoh, legos, and yoyo's all wrapped up in one place I like to call "Toys RUS" my heaven as a little kid. The thing
about videogames is that there are two types of games that the majority of American's always buy even to thisday and they are single-player shooter, and multi-player shooter games like Kill Zone, or Black Ops with one single goal,killing the other players by shooting them with god knows what kind of gun. The worse thing about this ad is that violence is shown in these types of games what I think is the worst type of ad poison.
To sum everything up, advertisement really could be considered the world's best toxic for mental polution.The speed in which ads appear daily could probably be as fast as the speed of light. The fact that it's a non-stopping cold isn't an understatement. Lets just hope that in the future that advertisement doesn't corrupt us to the point that it destroys our North America.
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