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Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
Xi Jinping has said that video games are “spiritual opium” and imposed limits on access and other measures to forestall what he sees as increasing cultural decay among Chinese youth. From “The Avoidable War”:
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vrypan |--o--|
@vrypan.eth
Coming from the Gen Sec of CCP, "spiritual opium" is not just a synonym for "makes you stupid". It has a special context. > [in the late 1700s] Because of this trade imbalance, Britain increasingly had to use silver to pay for its expanding purchases of Chinese goods. In the late 1700s, Britain tried to alter this balance by replacing cotton with opium, also grown in India. In economic terms, this was a success for Britain; by the 1820s, the balance of trade was reversed in Britain’s favour, and it was the Chinese who now had to pay with silver. https://asiapacificcurriculum.ca/learning-module/opium-wars-china
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Stuart
@olystuart
Yikes. Good luck with that.
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Maretus
@maretus.eth
And we have a bunch of people here who would love to do the same thing. I really hate how many people are looking to Xi Jinping for reassurance in their policy preferences.
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b16z
@b16z.eth
Video games have also proven to grow STEM skills in a significant way. Years ago I worked in edtech and did a fair amount of work here. Everything should be done in moderation of course, but video games often get an unnecessary bad wrap.
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0xen 🎩
@0xen
they are
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Tom Beck
@tombeck.eth
I agree with the sentiment and personally quit playing video games a decade ago. However, I feel the same way about alcohol, and we all know how successful prohibition was…
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Kyle Patrick
@kylepatrick.eth
Makes sense. When I studied in China I noticed that computer gaming shops restrict access to people under the age of 18.
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