Not respective to most common ads, but boy howdy am I easy to sell stuff to if advertised in "my way".

E.g. "this jacket is used by famous cool man" less effective, while "this nail gun can fire nails at precise speeds" fuck yes give me one I'll figure out why I need it later.

It might be that we are not more resistant in general, but that ads and propaganda are tailored for normative minds not for ours. If they made them specially for autistic people it could be the other way around.

Full disclosure: This post popped up in my "all" feed. I'm also not autistic.

Not just a meme - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-fallible-mind/201708/why-advertising-falls-flat-in-individuals-autism

Short version: so much of advertising relies on emotional manipulation using subtle cues. So individuals who don't respond to subtle emotional cues in advertising aren't manipulated by them.

political beliefs on Lemmy that seem resistant to propagandized beliefs

What is this assumption even based on? This is a left-wing echo chamber made up of people who largely share the same beliefs. Of course we think our views are the right ones, that we see the truth, and that those people over there are just morons or victims of propaganda. But the reality is that people on the other side of the political spectrum think exactly the same thing. Naturally, you assume you’re immune to it all - just like everyone thinks they’re an above-average driver.

Asd. Hate ads. I don’t think it’s resistance to the suggestiveness of ads, I’ve definitely found some that lure me in, it’s that ads attempt to deflect me from what I’m doing. That’s irritating AF.

Pretty sure big part of this is selection bias combined with ASD making it more likely for us to subscribe to more extreme versions of ideologies due to all or nothing mindset. It doesn’t guarantee that you’re going to be a cool hippie uncle because it could be the exact opposite too.

To give an example - most of the older autistic people in my family are in denial of this which in consequence makes them pretty shitty people. Living in denial of your autism oftentimes means that you’re also living in denial of being bisexual which leads to funky opinions like sexuality being a choice. Being aware you’re being manipulated can also make you more isolated and in turn ramp up paranoia or other schizoid type behaviours. When you feel like an alien it’s much easier to subscribe to cutthroat views about economy and things like that. TLDR: there are vile autistic people too

I believe most people think they’re more immune against advertisement than they actually are. Our purchasing decisions are influenced by ads more than we would like to admit.

That being said, I think there’s some truth to the statement. Autistic people are not affected by peer pressure in the same way.

I never understood why someone would pay so much money to give ADs if noone watch them. Then after I figured myself out I was like oh well

People who who lean towards things literally not being as impacted by vague emotional implications of most advertising not being as susceptible, but not immune, makes a lot of sense. Advertising often tries to associate a feeling with a product without making a direct connection, or by using unrealistic scenarios that anyone who really thinks about it should notice.

For example, a bunch of people having fun at a restaurant makes an association for most people, but someone who more actively thinks about it knows it is actors pretending and not their own personal experience. It can still work if it does reinforce their personal positive experiences though! I saw a retro ad for Showbiz Pizza at one point and was absolutely filled with nostalgia as that place was perfect for my young ADHD and probably on the autism spectrum self. On the opposite end, any ad for Olive Garden pisses me off.

An ad that worked on me

I think that could lead to an interesting research. Then again, you have to keep in mind most advertising is meant to elicit an emotion, which is why car ads are never about the car itself and more about you being "free" or "adventurous" or whatever thanks to the car; or why beer commercials are about fun, parties and sports despite them tasting like shit. Things that you remember more easily when you're buying groceries, so you're more likely to go with that brand over another.

I don't think they work with me, tho. This is their holy grail, convincing you while making you think you made that choice all by yourself.

I don't know about anyone else but I take steps to ensure that I rarely see any ads. The manipulation of political beliefs is far more than just ads though, however the people who don't care about seeing ads also seem to be the people who don't mind using Facebook, twitter etc.

McDonald's is trash. But if I'm hungry and I see McDonald's ad, I'm probably getting McDonald's.

Not all marketing works on us. But why would it? Marketing's goal is to affect as many people as possible. Therefore it is designed for the larger populus of neurotypicals. And we obviously think differently than neurotypicals. But resistant not immune.

As others said, stuff is not targeted at us. So yeah does not apply a lot.

And personally I can tell that it takes a lot to get me off of my beliefs and that's in hard evidence. But I will follow the evidence; even if it's against myself, what not a lot of people would do.

I think Greta once said that it needs someone like her to do things (sadly imo she mixed environment and politics and now stands for nothing for me). So I am very convinced we're on a hard path bringing down humanity (at least environmentally).

I wonder if the concept of identity has anything to do with it (see https://neuroclastic.com/the-identity-theory-of-autism-how-autistic-identity-is-experienced-differently/ )? If advertising focuses on NTs and social/relational examples for the product, perhaps that is why it is less effective on autistics?

I’ve seen autism go either way on the political spectrum. I’d really say it’s 50/50. You’ll find a lot of undiagnosed autistics go right

I think we (i.e. generalization about all people) like to think we are too smart for ads or propaganda. I'm sure I'm being advertised to in ways I can't perceive, and it's working.

I also don't think it's fair to say that any political belief is less exposed to propaganda. Further, sometimes the political propaganda is in the form of product advertising, like when it is suggested that your purchase will right some injustice in the world.