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That's why I mentioned parental responsibility. It's the parent's house and they choose where they take their children outside it.
by simonh 3y ago
That's why I mentioned parental responsibility. It's the parent's house and they choose where they take their children outside it.
- hospitalJail 3y agoWhat about the uneducated parents or brainwashed who let their kids watch disney? It sounds like we are willing to sacrifice the lower class and children of brainwashed parents.
- edanm 3y agoI let my kids watch Disney. I don't think I'm uneducated nor brainwashed (but I guess someone brainwashed would say that). So do almost all other parents I know, btw.
- simonh 3y agoNobody here us saying that actual predatory practices are ok. I’m certainly not advocating for law of the jungle. But within reasonable legal and regulatory limits I don’t see how crating cute character and fun entertainment is a harm. I’m up for effective fair and reasonable regulation, but banning all marketing to children is bonkers. No children’s books, cartoons, TV shows or movies at all? How do you even define marketing to children objectively? It’s absurd. Unfortunately it is a fact there are people that find it hard to function in a sophisticated technological society. McNamara’s Morons, while an unfortunate term, is a real issue. That’s why I’m in favour of decently funded effective social services. If people genuinely need help they should be able to get it. I’m basically a capitalist, because I think capitalism embodies essential individual economic freedoms. But all economic systems have failure modes, and I think it’s in everyone’s interests to live in a supportive egalitarian society.