> Part of the decline in basic competence and critical thinking. Yes because back in the good ole days kids didn’t watch cartoons that were meant to sell chara

> Part of the decline in basic competence and critical thinking. Yes because back in the good ole days kids didn’t watch cartoons that were meant to sell characters and Star Wars didn’t make billions selling merchandise. Disney has been selling and licensing merchandise based on movies since the 50s. People have been buying Coca Cola based on marketing for a century.