▲ 598 ▼ I feel bad for the future of both Gen Alpha and the parents who raise them. (lemmy.world) submitted 1 week ago by laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 107 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] BreakerSwitch@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children) Ehhhh, I think the best historic comparison here is opium hitting the silk road. Tech companies, for decades now, have been working very hard to make the most addictive product possible so they can make more money permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] architect@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 week ago That’s TikTok and Instagram etc etc. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 child) Opium is here. It's inevitable. It's useless to try to fight it, we need to secure our own poppy farms so we can keep up. Otherwise we'll be left behind by all the other nations and their opium. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SinAdjetivos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago Literally what happened after the Taiping Rebellion. This is the historical reason for Afghanistan and The Golden Triangle region currently being the largest opium producers in the world. Read up on the PRC's 1952 "Directive on Eradication of Drug Epidemic" and "mass line methodology" for how the "opium problem" was actually historically dealt with. Watching what the Taliban do over the next decade may also provide some insight. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] architect@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 week ago That’s TikTok and Instagram etc etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 child) Opium is here. It's inevitable. It's useless to try to fight it, we need to secure our own poppy farms so we can keep up. Otherwise we'll be left behind by all the other nations and their opium. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SinAdjetivos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago Literally what happened after the Taiping Rebellion. This is the historical reason for Afghanistan and The Golden Triangle region currently being the largest opium producers in the world. Read up on the PRC's 1952 "Directive on Eradication of Drug Epidemic" and "mass line methodology" for how the "opium problem" was actually historically dealt with. Watching what the Taliban do over the next decade may also provide some insight. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SinAdjetivos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago Literally what happened after the Taiping Rebellion. This is the historical reason for Afghanistan and The Golden Triangle region currently being the largest opium producers in the world. Read up on the PRC's 1952 "Directive on Eradication of Drug Epidemic" and "mass line methodology" for how the "opium problem" was actually historically dealt with. Watching what the Taliban do over the next decade may also provide some insight. permalink fedilink source parent
