Weird 2010's gamer nationalism meets china bad.

"Oh no, kids won't be able to use games to escape reality now" — Good, have them play outside or read a book or something.

"Horrible, I couldn't live without games" — Yes, this law is attempting to help people before they become like you.

"New generations won't grow up to be gamers now" — How will society survive!

"It's about controlling freedom of thought" — Ah, yes, this will stop the great dialogue had by fourteen-year-olds in LoL game chats.

    • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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      3 years ago

      everyone needs to recognize that all hobbies are commodified and capitalist marketing encourages you to spend as much as possible on hobby equipment to make line go up. the strong consumers identities formed out of hobbist groups are likewise encouraged by capitalists to increase profits

    • furryanarchy [comrade/them,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      I disagree with the bit about music. Back before computers, the most common form of "training" was handing a kid a guitar, teaching them how to tune it, and telling them to try and play stuff off the radio.

      Everyone I've ever met who plays guitar over the age of 30 learned that way.

    • kissinger
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      1 year ago

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