Sorta. Ads are just part of the much larger beast of selling things, marketing.

You left out the forced rounded corners.

We need some revolutions in education technology and theory. These conservatives really only learn when they actually touch the hot stove. So something like that alien device from Star Trek that let Picard live an entire alien life. Or that monument to the alien war from Voy that let a bunch of their crew experience the people’s memories.