I find the most straightforward response is, "would you do/say that when you're having a bad day? Because I don't think I would"
brian
I don't love to defend advertising/marketing, but your statement implies that once something has been advertised, organic interest/enjoyment becomes impossible.
Sure, there might've been a big ad push that rocketed mayo to the top of people's condiment lists. But there are dozens of other things that could also create interest (new foods that pair well with it, new recipes that are shared culturally, loss of a competing product, diet changes)
Let's imagine that it does hurt corporate profits first. Will they survive? Probably the big ones, might be a bit harder for little ones. So the world keeps turning, right? But like you said the end customer will eat some of the costs, so we agree that prices will go up in the end.
Where's the upside? More money funneled into the government? Paid by the increased prices for the consumer, or some dips in corporate profits?
I'm not sure that's a win for the ~~consumer~~ normies.
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