In this vein: if we want something actually good to come out of it political ads should have to be in the form of public goods. You can spend as much as you want on a stadium or park whose name is “vote for Bloomberg in 2020” but no pointless tv slots.https://twitter.com/ZachWeiner/status/1230504704381276160 …
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I actually think about this a lot: what if instead of billboards coca-cola had to spend that money on trash trucks or providing busses?
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Another thing I think about a lot is if there were aesthetic standards for advertising. In practice I would expect this to be awful but imagine if public advertising was required to be Mucha-tier?pic.twitter.com/DfngGtTOUg
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In 2018 Coca-Cola spent almost 6 billion dollars on advertising. That's a lot of potential art and infrastructure!
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IIRC Roman candidates for office did this, e.g. building public baths. OTOH I can't find a reference for this on a quick Google search
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I recall a documentary on post USSR Russia politics showing a candidate visiting a remote town and bringing free bags of grain to hand out to the locals. He also sponsored dances and such.
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but this starts blurring the line into vote buying, and doesn't seem to produce genuine public goods
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