Comment by bsenftner

Advertising is not the problem. The problem, the issue is human civilization is facing a situation we've never dealt with before, and that situation is all the ramifications of our population size.

The human race and every individual of that race has no background to understand how to operate in an environment where the magnitude of the number of others that can do everything they can do, can do it better, and for less salary creates a new situation we as a society do not know how to manage.

The situation has created billionaire oligarchs with more wealth and power than any individual that has ever lived. These powerful individuals are without the foundation nor maturity to navigate themselves without large amounts of self serving immaturity.

We need to, as a group large enough to make a cultural difference, acknowledge that all our evolutionary preparation and modern educations do not prepare us for what we face today, and our institutions we use to govern our civilization are not prepared for the power weld by modern oligarchs. They have the resources to perform selfish and shortsighted changes to all of society for their benefit alone. If history teaches the human race anything, situations such as this create monsters. We need to acknowledge we are creating monsters and they are our leadership class.