Since you cherry picked the worst examples, let me cherry pick some of the best:
- Ads for charities
- Political ads (which are only good or bad if you agree or disagree with their positions)
- Ads for schools
- Movie trailers (a form of entertainment in it of themselves)
Also: I suspect (but don't have the means to prove) a positive correlation between advertising spending and national GDP.
Look, if your point is that capitalism is evil, I'm not gonna argue it. But in a free market, advertising creates jobs. It builds companies. It builds economies.
When that advertising-free socialist utopia shows up that somehow isn't an evil dictatorship, let me know! Sounds awesome.
- Ads for charities - Political ads (which are only good or bad if you agree or disagree with their positions) - Ads for schools - Movie trailers (a form of entertainment in it of themselves)
Also: I suspect (but don't have the means to prove) a positive correlation between advertising spending and national GDP.
Look, if your point is that capitalism is evil, I'm not gonna argue it. But in a free market, advertising creates jobs. It builds companies. It builds economies.
When that advertising-free socialist utopia shows up that somehow isn't an evil dictatorship, let me know! Sounds awesome.