Revenue for businesses comes from people. $100B in sales is not necessarily a good thing. I think there is a somewhat reasonable argument for a huge amount of a

Revenue for businesses comes from people. $100B in sales is not necessarily a good thing. I think there is a somewhat reasonable argument for a huge amount of advertising being harmful to consumers given the vast power imbalances and deep psychological weaknesses inherent to the human mind. How much stuff is purchased not because of a real need but because of a need that has been implanted via advertising?