> Advertising is inherently evil

Advertising in its basic form is a lie. When advertising you never speak about the competitors who are better than you, the flaws in your offering, you extrapolate your advantages, you "fake it until you make it" and so on, but... "evil"?

Just like Churchill's saying about democracy (democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried), I would say the same about advertising.

Advertising is the worst form of informing people about what you can offer, except all other that have been tried.

Telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Pfft, that would be so boring.