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Why are so many young people addicted to video games? (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 136 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)
  • ~~parents are less involved in their kids lives~~
  • ~~it's no longer safe for kids to play outside in many places~~
  • ~~societal distancing is worse then ever~~
  • ~~there's a mental health crisis that has been ignored~~
  • ~~there's a lack in healthy role models and an abundance of toxic ones~~
  • ~~all across the world there's political turmoil caused by politicians convincing the people to hate eachother rather than those in power~~
  • ~~addiction has been normalized, kids watch their parents glued to their phones and they learn~~
  • ~~kids are taught that they can become anything but will need to come to grips with the reality that they simply cannot~~
  • Muh video games

Video game addiction is a symptom of multiple societal issues, you cannot simply solve it dealing with the symptom.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But it's so much easier to just blame the one thing, pretend to do something about it, and claim we've made progress.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago

It's not just that it's easier to not fix the fundamental societal issues, it's that the politicians make money from not fixing them.

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