I'm generally with you, particularly on the basis of non-aggression principles of libertarianism. That said, I'm not 100% sure that I actually think of all adv

I'm generally with you, particularly on the basis of non-aggression principles of libertarianism. That said, I'm not 100% sure that I actually think of all advertising as non-aggressive. There's room for a whole deep dive here on whether or not the coercion in toying with what we've learned about human psychology in the last century or so amounts to something that should be guarded against as much as physical assault, and I'm not so much weighing in one way or another but definitely looking at holding the door open for more discussion and analysis. As far as the gambling, drugs, porn, excess shopping, and other bad habits go though, yes, any attempt to rein these in usually results in a treatment that is worse than the disease.