Insane spikes of demand happen. Fashion did not become an industry because of Advertising. Fidget Spinners did not require advertising to be a huge hit. Manufac

Insane spikes of demand happen. Fashion did not become an industry because of Advertising. Fidget Spinners did not require advertising to be a huge hit. Manufactured demand doesn't happen nearly as much as demand bubbles up and advertising provides the lightning rod by which it's grounded. Advertising can have a lot of really great effects on society, too. You think that conservation programs came out of nowhere? That people learned how to recycle because everyone was really interested? The entire "green" economy is hugely driven by advertising - Not as much the corporate style, but lifestyle advertising driven by conservation nonprofits (whose revenue, by the way, is almost entirely driven by advertising; Look up the rates that nonprofit fundraisers charge, and then realize that despite how insane they are, the nonprofits still find them profitable!)