The only kind of people I've seen defending marketing are those who work in marketing. I have a couple of highly educated friends working in the field and it's

The only kind of people I've seen defending marketing are those who work in marketing. I have a couple of highly educated friends working in the field and it's kind of sad watching them trying to defend and/or explain the need for the industry. But they do have a point: if you have just one company "marketing products", the others are at disadvantage, so the net result is that you need some marketing in almost every industry to stay afloat. This is not an acceptable excuse though. I'd rather have all marketing banned.