Imagine a World with Art instead of Ads

I dream of a world where advertising is avoidable.  This is my list of rules in my make-believe land of limited corporate power.

Each business is entitled to up to 4 signs which include text, which can be placed only on the building in which they are located. Signs shall not be more than 20 square feet each and shall not be more than 25 feet off the ground. Window posters & signs smaller than 6 square feet shall need not adhere to this requirement.

Businesses may have text-free murals & other art on their external walls if they choose.

Public space shall contain no commercial advertisements whatsoever (aside from store signage as outlined above). Non-commercial/advertorial art can be displayed & created on private property without restriction as long as it is not obscene, and in public space with approval.

Magazines, newsstands, and other periodicals which are handed out in public space (outside) may not have front-page advertisements.

Commercial advertisements are completely and totally banned from all government-owned buildings, including but not limited to: schools, courthouses bus stops & post offices (excepting advertisements for postal services).

Each neighborhood within the community shall have the option to form a neighborhood board to approve street art which is going into the public space of their neighborhood, in order to preserve the cultural integrity of the neighborhoods. Artists will be able to apply for space and/or supply grants and will be subject to approval by the neighborhood board.

Imagine a world where you did not have to see ads if you did not want to. Where if you wanted to know about a business you could go there or you could choose to open a paper which ran their ads or you could choose to google them or you could choose to turn on the TV and hear about them. Imagine walking through your city and instead of seeing hundreds of beer billboards seeing neighborhood murals?

I want this world. I want a world where I am not assaulted by advertising for the crime of walking out the door. I want a world where people know about the businesses around them and the neighborhoods around them. I want a world where coca-cola doesn't have the right to buy my landscape, my eyeballs, my life.