I like the thrust of the idea.
Like, when parents worry that their kids are having too much fun, and when socialists are suspicious of companies turning a profit… is that an expression of the same fear?
I believe these both stem from the same zero-sum worldview: that any gain anywhere must come at an equivalent cost somewhere else. Businesses making profit must be exploiting something or someone to do so. Children doing what is fun comes at the cost of their Proper Education or their dopamine receptors.
To this sort of person, no good thing can ever be an unmitigated good thing.
I like the thrust of the idea.
Like, when parents worry that their kids are having too much fun, and when socialists are suspicious of companies turning a profit… is that an expression of the same fear?
I believe these both stem from the same zero-sum worldview: that any gain anywhere must come at an equivalent cost somewhere else. Businesses making profit must be exploiting something or someone to do so. Children doing what is fun must come at the cost of their Proper Education or their dopamine receptors, etc.
To this sort of person, no good thing can ever be an unmitigated good thing.