How would you rank the following priorities for making the planet a better place?From which he goes on to argue the standard leftist claptrap. If "we" would just give up our ads, "we" could fund this or that socialist policy!
* A major improvement in health in poor countries, saving millions of lives each year
* Substantial progress in reducing the rate of climate change, preventing large-scale species extinctions and other environmental damage
* New and improved advertisements for consumer goods
You don’t have to be Bjorn Lomborg to agree that, given the choice, improvements in health should get top priority.
I left the following comment, which I share for my readers.
You can easily reduce the amount of advertising consumed by Americans (assuming you are one).
How?
Turn off the TV. Don’t watch the programs which are supported by commercial advertising. Don’t watch Buffy, or those reality TV shows that you love to hate. Don’t even watch public TV, with all that “underwriting”.
Turn off the radio. Don’t listen to music which is supported by commercial advertising. Buy a CD and a CD player, or do without.
If you are unwilling to do that — to stop watching the commercial TV shows that you like — then please stop whining about how you don’t like commercials. The fact is, you are revealing your preference for them, by watching them. The fact is, you do, actually, value them (for making possible the programs that come with them), more than you value food for poor people.
Instead of watching an hour of TV, work an extra hour and donate the money to OxFam.
Stop being a hypocrite, or, own up to the fact that you value the things that you do.
NB: I do watch a small amount of TV. But I am not a hypocrite. Every evening, I have the choice whether or not to watch that TV, or work for the poor, and I choose to watch TV. I value it above feeding the poor. I am responsible for what I do. What about you?
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