It's you that is arbitrarily moralizing by putting a bunch of different things into a single idealist category and demanding they all be treated the same way. They are different issues that require different solutions. Demanding that we can't fix one thing unless we fix all things simultaneously in the same exact manner is a weird bit to do and kind of betrays a lack of knowledge of materialism and scientific socialism.
I don't think I'd say I'm demanding that they be fixed simultaneously. I'm saying that it's weird people don't hold these things to a similar standard and I find the reasoning behind it to be fairly spurious. I'd push back on "single idealist category" because I feel like it's pretty simple delineation. They're both activities that generally aren't good for you that people still partake in because they're fun. Dopamine hit in exchange for negative long term outcomes.
(Slightly edited this because I wasn't happy with how combative I was being)
It's you that is arbitrarily moralizing by putting a bunch of different things into a single idealist category and demanding they all be treated the same way. They are different issues that require different solutions. Demanding that we can't fix one thing unless we fix all things simultaneously in the same exact manner is a weird bit to do and kind of betrays a lack of knowledge of materialism and scientific socialism.
I don't think I'd say I'm demanding that they be fixed simultaneously. I'm saying that it's weird people don't hold these things to a similar standard and I find the reasoning behind it to be fairly spurious. I'd push back on "single idealist category" because I feel like it's pretty simple delineation. They're both activities that generally aren't good for you that people still partake in because they're fun. Dopamine hit in exchange for negative long term outcomes.
(Slightly edited this because I wasn't happy with how combative I was being)