Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and the whole of society and of the economy is transformed. The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Advertising, the product of capitalism, can only justify itself on the premise that the market is a force for good.
Advertising at its worst will be killed by the Internet. And rightly so.
It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country.
Advertising degrades the people it appeals to; it deprives them of their will to choose.
Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
Advertising is the very essence of democracy.
Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things.
As the mainstream media has become increasingly dependent on advertising revenues for support, it has become an anti-democratic force in society.
Advertising must respect the intelligence of its audience and if it does not prompt them to think, it will be instantly dismissed.
I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.