Could banning forms of escapism lead to more confrontation of the things being escaped from?
Just like how in the 1984 movie/book, they were given generous portions of gin to drink at work lunch break even though they had food shortages.
Same how china and former communist states banned a lot of them on paper, but they still low-key exist in an underground economy where the party closes its eyes to its existence until it needs to arrest someone for political reasons and making use of banned vices is a perfect excuse.