Yesterday, the house speaks Mike Johnson Tried to justify The planned backdoor deducts Medicide by claiming that it will “return the dignity of the work to the young men who need to work all day instead of playing video games.”
We may be involved in the details of why this statement, on his face, is absolutely meaningless (mainly because most people are on such benefits Are At work, rapidly demonstrating the whole argument is a lot of bullying about returning to the poor to bring the rich to maximum), but On Tyler Weld PC Gamer Has already done an excellent, successful job. Instead, I want to pay more attention to the tendency of blaming video games myself, and what is it Always Reveals.
This is hardly an actual piece of rhetoric. Politicians have been accused of video games for everything The murderous turmoil to Obesity Since their onset, and still, the games were just handling the role “Video Nesti,” D & d And the death metal in the 80s, the “war against drugs” in the 70s, comedy books in the 50s, Catholic in the 1850s, witchcraft in the Middle Ages …
In the 18th century, Read Was described as a “frenzy” and “fever” When the youth wasted their lives in the book pages, violent claims of copy Kate’s violence are becoming increasingly common. Guate The sorrow of the Young Worter The suicide chain was charged, which had little evidence, moral panic itself is much more likely to be.
In 370 BC, Plato writes the words of Socrates phaedrus Another moral panic took the helm. He wrote, “This invention will create forgotten in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not follow their memory.” Socrates was talking about the process Writing. This concern that new in children is causing the diseases of society as old as it is old in society, and it fulfills a specific purpose: far away from far more obvious reasons.
There are many examples of how video games are used as a sacrificial goat for more serious, main reasons for problems. But in general, the same purpose is applied: this is the wrong direction. One of the politicians’ hand is shaking from here, pointing to these games about the loss of our youth, while the other hand is quietly moving an unseen cash to a full spoon.
When Mike Johnson falls into his line about young people who need medical support because they are “playing video games all day”, this is a very deliberate process in the wrong direction. In his speech, he even suggests that this process through these disgusting colleagues is taking money from recipients of health care, single mothers, the elderly and the disabled. Look, video games are not only hurting these stupid men, but also indirectly causing distress to other groups you think! Do not be suspicious for a moment that Johnson immediately is important to single mothers, the elderly, the disabled, or anyone else, if it is important to it politically, but for example, he has carefully chose his specific wrong direction.
Hell, let’s not lose the fact that just a month ago, Mike Johnson had removed the same line from the state of the state exactly about “physical” men. Except her Time it was as part of his promises Not Medicide cut. And this is the same Mike Johnson that in January this year, Tried to stop a bill This will allow new mothers to vote from a distance within six weeks of birth. In the same month, A leakage revealed Johnson’s suggestions that will eliminate tax deductions from single parents. The thing is, he does not talk about the single mothers and the horrific effects video games are indirectly caused by them.
He and the Trump administration, which heavily cares about, is making sure his rich friends be rich, and if it involves getting out and reducing the poor, then perfect. We are all discussing whether video games cause cheap or anything, while Medicide intended to raid 80 880 billion at the same time. Corporations and billionaires get tax deductions Total $ 6.8 trillion.
In fact, not only will work hard to resolve the problem of long -term unemployment, but also the richest will need to take money to afford changes. The fact is that most of these seemingly nasty men who play the game all day are in partial or full -time jobs, but they are paid so badly that they cannot afford even the basic care of health, it seems that there is a systemic social problem that should be dealt with. Something is basically incorrect when those who work hard are to be minimized, and then it is Those people (Including single mothers, disabled, and every other category of the poor) that not only the devils are made, but also target them with more money. This is a cruelty, but don’t consider it! Look at the waving hand pointing to the video games!
Or constantly accuse video games (and all other media that come before) for real -world violence. Since Torment A joint charge was made for the massacre of Colombian High School, sacrificing gaming for violence and gun crimes in the United States has become a common thing. This is, despite the fact that there was never any meaningful evidence in which the link could be proposed for any reason, The theory is repeatedly debukFor decades, years, years. Trump was in this in 2019. President of France, Emanuel Macron tried it in 2023. (Macron also dumped Snap Chat and Ticotok, which is very contemporary.) And the reason is the same.
I am not going to end The real causes of gun violence in the United States Still, because we all already know that this is about poverty, frustration, lack of access to social services, etc. We all know already 46,728 persons Did not die from gun -related injuries in the United States in 2023 Call of dutyGiven it Call of duty Gun Totten is also played in Canada, where guns cause 2.1 deaths in every 100,000 people compared to 10.6 in the United States. There is no evidence that video games are the reason why America is 120 guns per 100 peopleFakland Island and its population are doubled to 3,000 people, and 52.8 guns are doubled in 100 people in 100 people in the third Yemen.
Dealing with gun violence, holding the NRA on politicians, widespread misconceptions about what is written in the third amendment, and the full organization of society needs to provide social support, where poverty and addiction need to be removed, which causes many problems. School firing epidemic is occurring with a frequency and horrific routine, which is contrary to any developed nation, politicians have demanded that the US is nearing impossible to deal with the reality of the lives of the youth of the United States, such as laughter, socialism.
So, accuse video games of it! It is Grand Stolen AutoGood luck! The game that reflects the United States, Um, is the reason! Just don’t look Silent hand that is accepting information about information about gun owners handed over weapons manufacturers.
Video games are not passionate. Video games are as political as any other form of the media, and they can be used to try to spread harmful ideas or to normalize prejudice. Just like cinema, theaters, books, songs… we should always think about our sports, and when we do not agree with the messages, we provide counter points. But despite its significant importance, whenever the words “video games” video games “are guilty of society’s illnesses from a politician’s mouth, immediately redirect your eyes to know what their other hand is doing. Because there is always something there they don’t want to see, think or ask questions about it.
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