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dangus on Nov 20, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blockin...

At what point in human history have advertisements not existed?

There are even advertisements in North Korea (for the ruling party).

This idea isn’t realistic.

Iv on Nov 21, 2019 [–]

For a bit longer than slavery or smallpox has existed.

Saying a thing always existed is a pretty bad argument to keep it alive.

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