I think there's got to be some kind of give from the anti-ad side if we want to have _things_ in the world that do stuff - because if I can't even say "I made a better product that does x,y,z" then how the heck is anyone ever gonna find out about it? Where does the word-of-mouth kick off even? It being illegal (say, for example) to have ads would mean that it is illegal to even tell anyone that you invented a product. So I would answer you with, given the extremes defined above, that indeed advertising is a necessity since good products would otherwise rot inside the inventor's home. But the extremes of the comments and quotes above make it clear that even displaying your product is an ad demonstrating how it works to a crowd would be an ad telling someone that it exists would be an ad there seems to be no way to tell the market that your product exists without that being defined as an ad. I've been thinking about this comment for a few minutes and do find it interesting. They disfigure their towns in order to decorate their houses. Most of those whose wares are thus placarded everywhere are very wealthy gentlemen with coronets and country seats, men who are probably very particular about the artistic adornment of their own homes. “Budge’s Boots are the Best” simply means “Give me money” “Use Seraphic Soap” simply means “Give me money.” It is a complete mistake to suppose that common people make our towns commonplace, with unsightly things like advertisements. A man would be annoyed if he found himself in a mob of millionaires, all holding out their silk hats for a penny or all shouting with one voice, “Give me money.” Yet advertisement does really assault the eye very much as such a shout would assault the ear. And advertisement is the rich asking for more money. It is really not so repulsive to see the poor asking for money as to see the rich asking for more money.
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