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Reagan made it legal to use cartoons to sell toys by deregulating marketing to children, according to the recent Wizard and the Bruiser episode
There's only one thing cartoons should be selling.
Christ, what an asshole. ๐ค
Oh god.
Flintstones wasn't originally meant for children, but for adults, that's why there are cigarette commercials with these characters.
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So Bronies owe some thanks to Ronald Reagan
Link to that episode? Haven't heard of that podcast/series/video and sounds like something interesting to listen to during a commute or another.
That also explains a lot about the 80s sudden avalanche of cartoons that were just 30 minute long commercials for toys.
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