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One intended to persuade, yes.
We sometimes call that variety of advertising, "propaganda".
It really feels like you're trying to make any sort of persuasion = advertising, which is just stupid.
Also, calling "a body of techniques" a technology would imply that martial arts and dances are technologies.
Shameless pedantry aside, what about my actual point?
The "shameless pedantry" is meant to ensure that the point you're trying to make is clear and not an infinite exercise of "moving the goalposts". If the premise is bad, the whole argument fails.
As for the point, the other poster that said "it's the current reality" made the best reply, in my opinion
If you put half the effort into your answer that you put into picking nits, a fine conversation might happen.
Why should I put any more effort in this when you didn't put any on the initial argument or any other reply in this thread?