I don't see how banning digital advertising would be anything other than a net positive to society and it drives me crazy that such an idea is beyond discussion thanks to how enthralled our political class is.
I never heard that word. Is that an euphemism for "corrupted"?
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enthrall
Context matters. If you are talking about a child with a jigsaw then sure, the more cutesy definition applies. But talking about politicians and money, you have to bend over backwards pretty far not to see the second definition as more appropriate.
It's more like the minimum wage argument or something like that but you don't really need an analogy.
Advertising itself is only mildly offensive; if done with taste it can be no problem at all, but too many companies seemingly don't know when to stop - the line from Ready Player One about monetizing 70% of a person's field of view sounds exactly like what Meta and Google would do if they could get away with it.
I want legislation on this topic to create breathing space for real businesses which make things of value.