Idiocracy is coming. Society is promoting infantilismus

[OBEler]

 

 

This do unexplains it all. But also check out kawaiii culture in Japan. Japanese adult women are forced into the role of playing a cute child. This is good for economy and image of Japan. Politics, corporations and society wants adult children because they are the perfect customer and are no danger for society. They are impulsive, emotional, want instant gratification and don't think long-term. They have poor reasoning skills also. 

The perfect customer is an infantil adult. And not only Disney is exploiting that right now. Idiocracy becomes real.

[LordFall]

I think that's fine, not everyone is interested in becoming an intellectual or a business person, as more and more of our economic sectors are touched by AI it's gonna change the lifestyle of most people. If we manage to go towards a socialist capitalist post scarcity system I think most people will get some kind of AI UBI and be able to live a life more filled with purpose, hobbies and leisure. 

[OBEler]

I don't want to blame adults who relive their childhood.

Nostalgia is a hard drug and I love Disney and Nintendo. It's just that you need to be aware that corporations will exploit that to extreme in some cases.

 

[Apparition of Jack]

Modern society basically denies adulthood to millions of people. Considering how expensive it is to own a home or how insecure and shitty most jobs are, it’s no surprise people cling to the time of their lives when the world felt more stable and manageable.

Add on top of that governments that don’t give a shit about their own people, geopolitical chaos, failure to meet the climate crisis etc and it’s incredibly understandable why so many people “check out” of being a responsible, future-oriented adult in favour of just relieving their childhood. If WW3 could start tomorrow and we all blow up in nuclear fire, whats the point of caring about bills or mortgages or responsibility? It’s a psychological pressure tank with basically no social payoff.

I’m not saying it’s good to be a Disney adult or whatever, just that I don’t blame people who end up becoming one. We live in a needlessly cruel and ignorant world. 

[Optimized Life]

The idea of "adult vs infantil" is a subjective and illusionary boundary 

A true man learns to play and not always take himself seriously 

Only a rigid, repressed lil man bitch has to exude this aura of sincerity 24/7

[OBEler]

I don't want to put hate on people who have fun as adults.

It's just that corporations and politicians and society are responsible for that. They all take profits

[Jowblob]

Different societies or cultures are needed so you can have a different experience of existence, food, people, attractions, activities etc. 

[NewKidOnTheBlock]

Isn't this the very much desired result and a logical conclusion of a post enlightement, materialist society that only seeks to maximize the material wellbeing of our species? (At least in theory). People becoming happy worriless retards should be a good thing under such paradigms, right? Or is there something missing?