Holy shit and I thought millennials and Gen X had it bad with how corporate our toys were.

I hate to be that person that’s like “omg what kids like these days is poisoning them!” Especially because I come from the Mortal Kombat generation, but between Mr Beast, social media and shit like Roblox turning every hobby into a hussle I have to wonder what effect this will have on them.

Capitalism preying on kids was bad enough when I was a kid in the 90s and 00s (and from what I’ve seen from 80s cartoons, the generation before mine was pretty bad too), but it’s a whole other level now.

Collapse is hitting hard and is only going to get worse though, so it is possible they’ll go left.

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’m unconcerned. Influencers can only exist because of cheap energy - as climate change gets worse and fossil fuel resources get tighter and trade becomes decoupled the entire influencer “profession” will evaporate. No one is going to be watching Mr Beast when their power is intermittent and they need to work 14 hours a day driving for Uber.