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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Is advertising unethical or a necessary part of modern society?
gpt
These two characteristics (being unethical and necessary to modern society) are not mutually exclusive. One could argue that advertising is both unethical *and* necessary to modern late-capitalist society. The conclusion would thus be that this society is *intrinsically* unethical, and should be restructured. Mark Fisher did some very interesting work on this topic, especially in his book *Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?*