Can Americans Ignore Brands and Ads? [View all]
Looking around DU on any given day, it's clear that many here think our political system is broken - that money has corrupted the democratic process to such an extent that even calling our system a democracy is a stretch.
So how do we change it when those in power are not likely to vote money out of office?
As I look at the Super Bowl ads, it occurs to me that the only way out of this mess (short of armed revolution) is for Americans to ignore brands (Republican, Democrat, liberal, conservative, tea party, libertarian, etc.), ignore ads (no matter how clever) - and choose leaders based solely on policy positions, on what is needed to get the country out of the mess we're in.
With the help of the internet, candidates and policy positions are now easily known without the use of ads. Ads are not actually necessary - and neither are brands.
But, given the brand and ad-driven capitalist society we live in, can Americans learn to ignore them?
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