This, yes, thank you. Advertising is behavioral modification. They even talk abo...

		FollowingTheDao 36 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI surveillance should be banned while there is st... This, yes, thank you. Advertising is behavioral modification. They even talk about it out in the open, and if you are unconvinced, hear it from the horse's mouth: https://brandingstrategyinsider.com/achieving-marketing-obje... "Your ultimate marketing goal is behavior change — for the simple reason that nothing matters unless it results in a shift in consumer actions"

It is literally brainwashing.

Brainwashing is the systematic effort to get someone to adopt a particular loyalty, instruction, or doctrine.