I live in a downtown of a medium-size city and right now when I look out of my window I don't see a single ad. This is because the advertizing is banned. Unregu

I live in a downtown of a medium-size city and right now when I look out of my window I don't see a single ad. This is because the advertizing is banned. Unregulated capitalism would NEVER allow that. A view without ads is not for sale without regulations. Same for 'a clean air', 'a clear water' and million other things where an unregulated enterprise would happily shit its externalities all over the commons to make an extra cent. That is why advertising should be regulated far more heavily than it is right now. As for why 'default response of so many adults today is to demand that an authority figure blah blah blah', as you have asked -- it's not, stop building strawmen.