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Kids and Teens in China Banned From Playing Online Video Games for More Than 3 Hours Per Week
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The party is people’s because the party (the elites) comes from the people (the peasants), through party membership. About 7% the Chinese population are official CPC party members, and more through CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) standing committee members. All off them have the power to vote and sway policies. That gives the legitimacy to the party, and therefore the government. Think about party and government as two-in-one, there is no separation and there is no difference. The government is always there, it’s the people that changes through meritocratic democratic elections, which is distinct from electoral democratic elections. Both the voters and the candidates are screened through the decades long meritocratic attenuation process, de facto started when whey were born. Only the best of the best in their respective domains become party members or CPPCC standing committee members. As the Chinese general population becomes more educated and better as a whole, the party becomes better as a result. Chinese officials don’t give speeches to the public, a pretty speech or the lack of such don’t change anything.
Interesting for Tencent voluntarily mandating this new rule, though not surprising. But they could go one step further and constantly perform facial recognition and disconnect the game as soon as the time limit hits. Idk how they’d implement it, just thinking of worse case scenario.
The average parent is STRESSED! I can't tell you how many people I know that have kids say it was one of the worst decisions they ever made. (Some say it around their kids! *cringe*)
My sister used Barney taps to babysit her kids, and to hear them describe it, now as adults, is interesting. The above average kid turned adult will get why, and be offended, and the below average kid turned adult will just be bobbing along at the bottom of the charts not aware what happened.
I do believe that we are what we feed our kids. Feed them garbage (food, entertainment, programming) and we end up with garbage adults. Narcissistic and angry, selfish, thoughtless. Environment has a lot to do with how kids turn out.
And it's interesting to read articles and research papers that show that 'rich schools', and 'rich parents' do not give their kids and pupils over to the electronic malaise that the others do. I was horrified to see a family in the local restaurant and the kids reactions to being deprived of their tablets during dinner. They were practically screaming, in the restaurant, at having to surrender their tablets for food. That's an addiction, not a healthy interaction with either the parents, or the technology. I fear for the future of a generation where the tablet addicted are ruled by the nonaddicted.
It's likely to lead to a bleak future. But I guess the world needs sub-functioning workers to keep things running. As hard as it is to say...
But to refute some of what you say, 'we' are fatter because of cheap sugars, and it being introduced in almost every product. My once favorite 'whole grain' tortilla chips are laced with sugar (not to mention whole grain pizza crust!🤢🤮). SUGAR!!! In 'healthy' chips? Subway 'bread' is too sweet to be called bread in some European countries. HFCS is in massive quantities in 'juices' that are marketed to children! I'm still amazed to find it in things I consume, and do wonder how prevalent it is in some of the beers I drink. And that doesn't even mention the starches and all the other 'crap' we are presented with as 'food'. And the preoccupation with 'beef'. *sigh* Even I'm guilty of being sucked in by all that (except beef). We are what we eat, we are what we watch, we are what we hear, we are what we believe, we are what we experience.
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Drastic, but the rest of the world will be waiting to see how well this could workout. Apple’s parental control is not working out in China it seems.
China is implementing a new online gaming restriction that will affect children and teenagers who are under 18 years old, reports CNBC. Kids will only be able to play online games for an hour a day (8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.) on weekends and legal holidays. Weekday gaming is prohibited.
Companies that provide online game services to minors will need to comply with these rules and will not be able to offer the games to children outside of those hours. Gaming providers will also be required to have users register with their real names and users will need to be logged in to play. Gaming companies are responsible for ensuring minors are not accessing games outside of the permitted time.
The new rules are meant to safeguard children's physical and mental health, and the National Press and Public Administration said that the guidelines address "the problem of minors' excessive use" of online gaming. China previously had a restriction that limited gameplay to 1.5 hours per day, but gaming was allowed on most days.
Tencent, a major gaming provider in China, said that only a small amount of its gaming revenue comes from younger players. The company plans to implement the new requirements, and earlier today, expressed support for the rules.
It's not clear how these new rules will affect games that operate using the App Store. Apple Arcade is not a factor as it is not offered in China, but there are App Store games that require an online connection.
China in 2016 began requiring mobile gaming developers to officially license their games with the government, and in 2020, pressured Apple to remove App Store games from developers that did not comply. Apple has since pulled tens of thousands of games from the App Store in China.
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I don’t see the good in cross-party mutual sabotage at the expense of the nation and the public interest.
Do you think an US politician will do something politically suicidal but is absolutely good, and clearly obvious, for the nation in the long run? Do you think his party, or the opponent party, will do anything to support him? Don’t you think this is quite sad?
Anyone who thinks China is like Leninist Soviet is in for a rough dive.
Totalitarian is okay if there is a path way for meritocratic people from the general public to ascend to the top, and a mechanism to funnel opinions and feedbacks to the top.
If the party, and hence the government is from the people, by the people, and for the people, I don’t see why not.
It just may be the only government on the planet that the CIA cannot subvert because the people that they can manage to subvert don’t have any say in just about anything.
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China has no reason to change, as long as 'We' keep sending them our money!
Why should China change for the interest of the US and to the detriment of China?
Don't worry, change is inevitable. China is already facing stagnant growth, and their population is getting older really fast. The wheel keeps turning. Highly populated countries like India or Indonesia, although still far behind, are rising. There's a reason Apple is starting to pay attention to India.
Physician, heal thyself. Still waiting for your long list of things that are more important than diet and exercise when it comes to being fat.
Come on. The U.S. will accept more Third World immigrants this year than probably every other First World country added together, and no other country on the planet tolerates illegal immigration like the U.S. does.
Which is unfortunate, because, in theory, it’s never been easier to be a parent. Mother’s used to raise 8 kids during the day while the father was off working some tough factory job. Now the average mother has 1.3 kids and a houseful of time-saving amenities.
There are no groups in China.
You can join the party or the CPPCC standing committee if you are good, plain and simple.
There is no inherent barrier to prevent you from voting. There are no Castes, or aristocrats, or royals, or ethnic groups, or sexes being factors in this meritocratic process. Also, party member’s kids don’t automatically become party members. There is no automatic legacy inheritance.
Just like inmates can’t vote.
People who score the bottom of the class in universities can’t become party members and consequently can’t vote.
Children who fight with each other, possible gang members, and ones who fail out of school cannot join the party.
Children of criminals can’t join the party.
Children of discredited, subversive, radical, or terrorist parents and non-Chinese citizens cannot join the party.
Employees with mediocre performance, standing and character cannot join the party.
People who cannot formulate coherent thoughts cannot join the party.
People of bad character cannot join the party.
People not suitable for office cannot join the party.
People too close to corporate and foreign interests cannot join the party.
People who are overly religious that may cloud judgement cannot join the party.
etc.
Everyone with some intellectual aptitude can meet those criteria if they put in the work to build themselves into someone worthy, and someone who is suitable for representing other people in the their elected vertical. If they can’t themselves, they can try hard to make sure that their kids can.
Some groups are superior to others. It’s a joke that my vote can be canceled out by that of some unemployed heroin addict.
Only because they bought into a dumb system. All mothers flooding into the workplace did was lower the value of labor for both men and women.
As recently as the 1980s, high school dropouts could support a family of four or five with a factory job. Now, two “professionals” struggle to support their 1.3 kids. That’s not progress.
And a full time job to survive while hubby makes less money than ever.
No one ever said democracy was perfect. But given the choice between myself and an unemployed heroin addict both being able to vote or neither of us, I will choose the former.
Regardless of the causes of this situation, it’s the reality we face. Parents have less time to parent unfortunately.
That’s a foolish choice. U.S. government at all levels is getting worse and worse because we have more and more incompetent people voting. It’s as simple as that.
Why? The kids get out of school at 3:00 pm and the parents get home at 5:00 pm. Microwaves and dishwashers and washers and dryers make up a lot of time that the parents of six kids in the 1950s had to spend on labor around the house.
What’s the root belief in freedom?
It’s the belief that given agency over their own lives the majority of people will make good (or good enough) decisions. If you believe in freedom and personal agency you must necessarily accept that the majority of people have good intentions at least.
If you do not believe this, there is no point in letting people have agency over themselves. In which case you must advocate for a nanny state to regulate behavior of people.
Yes.
Holding all the power doesn’t automatically makes you tyranical if the power is not abused but used for the betterment of all people.
Tyrany of the majority is a big problem here with the Liberals.