Hell No.
In fact, I’ve often argued that advertising is the savior of the world.
1. Advertising REDUCES prices. How? If Johnny’s Bread company advertises loaves of bread for 10 cents a loaf… other bread makers scramble to lower their prices too. Or, they try to convince you that Johnny’s bread is not all it’s cracked up to be.
2. Advertising makes our lives better. How? If a doctor sees an ad for a hot, new Mercedes and works some extra hours to afford it… we are all benefited… by his extra healing efforts.
3. Advertising prevents lying and dishonesty. How? If a computer company advertises the GREATEST COMPUTER ON THE WORLD… and it falls apart within a month… we all hear about it from those who bought it. Then, NO ONE buys again. The only advertisers who get away with LYING and DECEPTION are politicians. Hope and change indeed.
Here is a link to a cool article with more thoughts on WHY advertising is good.
Enjoy.
Linwood Austin
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