OUR MISSION

Advertisers Anonymous and our sister organization AdAnon were founded by people just like you and me: ordinary folks whos lives have been disrupted, damaged, or destroyed by advertising, marketing, public relations, and media saturation (we call it the spectacle).

WHO WE ARE: 

Advertisers Anonymous We are culture-industry professionals (and passionate hobbyists) who have realized that our lives have been devastated by our addiction to the false security and power that the spectacle provides to those of us who are enslaved by it. We are ready to acknowledge that the spectacle has become the center of our lives, and we understand that our involvement in the spectacle is out of control.		AdAnon is for the rest of us; as people not directly involved in the production and dissemination of spectacular culture, we are ready to confront the damage that has been done to our loved ones and to ourselves. As "consumers" we have hit bottom. We are ready to be actual people again, and to confront the stunting of our creativity, the twisting of our psyches, the indoctrination, the belittling, and the dumbing-down.
WHAT WE DO OUR FIRST PRINCIPLE IS THAT THERE IS NO WE WITHOUT YOU. WE HAVE NO EMPLOYEES, NO MEMBERS AND NO HEADQUARTERS, AND WE ARE PROFOUNDLY ALLERGIC TO LEADERS AND HIERARCHY. IF YOU AGREE WITH OUR BASIC MESSAGE, AND YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, THEN YOU ARE ALREADY ONE OF US. TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO READ THROUGH OUR 12 STEPS, AND SPEND SOME TIME CONTEMPLATING THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW THEM. THIS SHOULD GET YOU THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU CAN USE YOUR PARTICULAR STRENGTHS AND TALENTS IN THE EXCITING PROJECT OF TAKING THE WORLD BACK FROM THE TINY GROUP OF GREEDY PSYCHOPATHS WHO CONTROL OUR COLLECTIVE LIVES ON THIS SMALL PLANET. YOU MIGHT ALSO WANT TO EXPLORE OUR LINKS PAGE AND SEE WHAT LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE ARE DOING AROUND THE WORLD. WHILE THIS SITE IS DEVOTED TO VISUAL COUNTER-PROPAGANDA, OTHERS ARE BY PEOPLE (PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU!) WHO ARE FIGHTING CENSORSHIP, WORKING IN POOR COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZING WORKERS AGAINST BIG BUSINESS (THE REAL SLACKERS), FOMENTING LARGE-SCALE INSURRECTIONS, AND SO MUCH MORE! SO REMEMBER: TELEVISION IS NOT LIFE, AND LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WASTE WORKING AT A MEANINGLESS JOB. KICK THE SPECTACLE HABIT! GET THE DOMINANT CULTURE OFF YOUR BACK AND HAVE THE ONLY FUN THAT REALLY MATTERS; THE PLEASURE OF HELPING TO BRING ABOUT PROFOUND, LIBERATING SOCIAL CHANGE.

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