If I had a time machine

[Wilson23]

I would not bother with killing Hitler. I would do some research to identify what company can fairly be considered the first commercial advertising firm. Then I would go there and murder everybody on the premises with spectacular, headline-grabbing, blood-on-the-ceiling brutality. I would leave a placard saying, "SO PERISH ALL ADVERTISERS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REVIVE THIS INDUSTRY." I would repeat the process exactly on anyone who disregarded that warning.

 

[Wilson23]

This occurs to me every time I see an ad on YouTube.

 

[MisterWolf26]

Its so wrong that I laughed at that.

But ALSO the first dedicated ad men were all WWII propagandists, so... maybe visit mustache man anyway

 

[Shaglus_Ziegler]

Malibu two thousand years ago.

 

[briancamdudetenger2018]

only if we had a flux compasator and 1 21 jiggawats of electricity

 

[Cultivateddesires]

You will never beat capitalism.

And with that line of thinking you should be taking pot shots at Grok et al.

 

[Wilson23]

Because I cannot think of any less direct, more subtle approach that could have prevented the emergence of the advertising industry.

 

[Crownvic]

Replay the year 1967..