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"means of drawing our attentions away from the things we really should be invested in"

Lifestyle contents you find online or tv do exactly the same. Having gardening or cartoons as a hobby has nothing to do with the infantilisation of society. Not taking responsability for one's own actions is where the infantilisation lies at.

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At some point the industry realized they can target adults with kids toys, and make an additional buck. There's no anti-political conspiracy at work, it's just about making money.

I think it's not far-fetched to say "if I were saintly, would I have so much leisure, or would I spend more time trying to making the world a better place?".

I think it's really easy to say people could be doing more to improve the world around them. Albeit, nobody's perfect and there's always going to be more anyone can do, not matter how hard they try.

Mostly I just want an excuse to link to this good blogpost discussing it. https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/19/nobody-is-perfect-ever...

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