From a purely rational perspective, your belief that more advertising than Elon has elected to do would position Tesla in a stronger position implies one of two things:
1) that Elon wants Tesla to fail or;
2) that you know more about what's good for Tesla than Elon does.
Rationally, I think we can eliminate possibility #1. That leaves #2.
While it's a good thing that you have avoided becoming emotional about this topic, with the sole exception of accusing others of the same (without providing any evidence), your position does appear to be more than a little arrogant because it assumes the company would perform better if Elon allowed you to decide what portion of their annual budget was spent on advertising instead of the man who has spent most of his adult life carefully culturing the brand that is known as "Tesla".
I will admit that I don't fully understand how Elon's promotional style has managed to effectively reach the youngest members of our society. For example, when my wife and I exit our rather plain-looking white Model 3 in public, it is most often the children who get excited and this is not a new phenomenon so I can only imagine it is about to pay huge dividends as many of these kids have grown up and are now coming of car-buying age. You see, Elon knew his plan would take decades to grow and prosper and he was already thinking of brand recognition and he could most effectively capture the hearts and minds of his intended customers before you were even aware of who Tesla was.
And that is my 100% non-emotional take on your belief that appears to defy logic.
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