What "propaganda war"? What "brownie points"? Who here is concerned by these things other than you? Unless by propaganda war you refer to the encroachment of advertising and brands upon public and private space, and the efforts to resist that, in which case I'd argue that people's concerns are a little more serious than scoring brownie points.
No, your concerns are more serious than scoring brownie points which is exactly why protests and arguments against brands are not getting the massive public support they, perhaps, deserve. Twenty, thirty, even five hundred thousand in a population of a three hundred million is a loud special interest, at best.
If the aim is at getting the public to listen, the left is doing a piss poor job. If the aim is riling up an angst generation to bring their irritation into the streets, congratulations, it's been done.
Brilliantly, I might add. The cops get pissed on for a few days, tax payer money gets spent on massive security precautions.
Of course, they just turn into riots and everyone involved in the protests just end up looking like idiots.
What has it accomplished? The creation of leftist celebrities that "you just have to read, because, gosh, they're so enlightened", which most of the public doesn't care to listen to, and a few smashed out at a couple McDonald's restaurants.
The efforts to resist the continued encroachment of advertising into the popular consciousness have been laughable, at best.
A re-evalution of the tactics used in the war on capitalism are sorely needed.
It strikes me that you're just here to wind up the lefties, Brenden. Fine if that's how you get your jollies, but it does tend to make intelligent discussion different.
If you were talking about a round of pats on the backs because you're all good comrades, sure, perhaps. Then again, I'm just an idiot. You don't have to listen to me.
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