Anyone else seen this ridiculous ad around

Haven’t seen it but it would have made me angry if I had. I agree - whilst the good intent was there, there would have been many far better ways to express a diversity of culture without reducing the cultures to their stereotypical symbols

It's just an advert, lol. I guess it's got a nice sentiment. I've never seen that advert.

Has no one else seen it on TV??

The sentiment is not 'nice'. As OP said, its an attempt by a multinational monopoly bank to ride the political flavour of the month; diversity and cultural relativism in order to generate profit from interest on consumer loans. This is peak capitalism and it is psychological heroin.

A company is using an advert to generate profit?

I still like the sentiment of the ad.

How is there sentimentality in the generation of profit? The advert is neoliberal propaganda. Please don't be fooled into thinking HSBC care about any 'humanitarian' efforts which they espouse to support.

Saw this ad on a bus stop in town. What nonsense. ‘Diversity’ exposing itself as mere consumerism. Ancient and profound cultures are reduced to products casually tossed into the same shopping trolley. The real message here is culture doesn’t matter, only the global economy.

And yes. We are an island.

Oh god oh no a company used an advert that uses social commentary oh god o fucc the world is ending