The moneychangers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply values more noble than mere monetary profit.
This bloke seems to be building a bit of a profile. He's a proper philosopher.
Advertising in "optimistic and inclusive vibe that appeals to younger consumers" shock. Does he think ad agencies are run by teenagers? Or that the younger people who work for them can afford to live in Zone 1?
Alas, he doesn't have time to mention the profitable companies he's run.
A fair few used to criticise Benetton adverts back in the day. But I can't remember anyone saying the adverts were nonsense because mixed race families (or whatever) didn't shop at Benetton.
Wrong Konstantin. Just about everything businesses do is about profit. If they didn't think they'd increase profits on the back of this they wouldn't spend the money on doing it.
It might only be the Imperial Service Medal, but I've got a gong. What's Paul Dacre got?
Well, no doubt he has formidable business experience to build on with this.
I'm old enough to remember when tobacco sponsored 3 out of the 4 main cricket competitions. Did Konstantin think "sponsoring this healthy sporting activity has nothing to do with smoking, so must be woke!"
Yug wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 3:59 pm
Wrong Konstantin. Just about everything businesses do is about profit. If they didn't think they'd increase profits on the back of this they wouldn't spend the money on doing it.
I got thrown off a forum for describing Kisin as a cunt.
Advertisers have always incorporated the political zeitgeist, recall an ad as a kid with a shouty shop steward asking are you with me brothers? And the workers shout back ‘No, we’re with the Woolwich.’ By the 80s George Cole in spiv mode was advertising building society accounts.
John Stuart Cleese on the failure of liberalism. It’s the fault of the wokes who won’t debate anything and are like Pol Pot. If Harold Wilson thought Tony Benn immatured with age he had seen nothing compared what would become of that bright talented young man who plays Basil Fawlty https://www.threads.net/@gbnews/post/Cz ... IwNjQ2YQ==
A couple of interesting perspectives on wokeness on R4’s Thinking Aloud. A dull US philosopher Susan Neiman who’s spends too much time on campuses overthinking the subject. And a more down to earth UK POV from a lecturer who concludes its a load of wiffle hyped up by right wing dafties. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001q ... are-mobile
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