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June 7, 2009
George Moonbat Denounces Advertising
Posted by Dave Blount at June 7, 2009 10:47 AM
Despite admitting that it pays his wages, professional moonbat George Monbiot declares himself morally opposed to advertising:
I believe that advertising is a pox on the planet. It is one of the forces driving us towards destruction, as it creates needs that did not exist before and promotes consumption way beyond sustainable levels. I believe that it is also socially damaging, turning ours into a more grasping, more atomised society, focused on material display rather than solidarity and community action.
In addition to tempting us away from righteous socialist poverty, advertisements
generate behavioural norms, telling us, in effect, that the goods and services which are destroying the biosphere are acceptable, even beneficial. I believe that their presence in the newspapers makes hypocrites of all those of us who write for them. Our editorials urge people to reduce their impacts. Our advertisements urge people to increase them.
Given the environmental extremism Moonbat so stridently preaches, the fact that he doesn't live in a tree makes him a hypocrite.
If Brian Deese can be put in charge of the auto industry, maybe Moonbat should be made supreme ruler of all publishing. Then he could issue a decree that instead of advertising revenue, publications would be sustained by sheer sanctimony. His pay would go down to zero, but at least then he couldn't be accused of "grasping."
Hypocritical eco-weenie George Moonbat holds forth.
Hat tip: David Thompson.
