China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more than three hours/week

Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by sk2020 on Monday August 30, 2021 @03:40PM (#28359994)

I’ve skimmed the comments with the same dismay until I read yours. The lack of concern about using coercive force to control how people dispose of their leisure time is disturbing to say the least. Maybe that over a billion people out there who are living with the same freedom as inmates in a minimum security prison in the US should be a more pressing issue than the nuances of the normative value of video games.

It does seem like there has been a lot of news lately about curious social engineering policies coming out of China. I wonder if the politburo suspects trouble.

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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by toxik on Monday August 30, 2021 @06:31PM (#28361688)

A lot of these people would much rather live in what you disparagingly call a minimum security prison than the comparative anarchy of what we call freedom. Freedom to get stabbed if I don’t give the junkie my belongings.

I don’t think well of the CCP for many reasons but please, this is a very superficial understanding of China on display. It seems more well suited to Soviet about half a century ago.

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