A truly good product sells itself. That's completely absurd. How can a product "sell itself" if nobody knows it exists, or knows how great it is? How do they f

A truly good product sells itself. That's completely absurd. How can a product "sell itself" if nobody knows it exists, or knows how great it is? How do they find out those things? Well, in part, by advertising. I heartily agree that some advertising is manipulative and anti-social... but I can't buy this "all advertising is just manipulation" stuff.