I don’t understand this mentality that has people ruining things for no useful purpose. I mean, unless you’re purposefully trying to undercut peoples’ belief system[1], why mess with the television innocence of Christmas, Easter, the Tooth Fairy, the first day of school, eating in a restaurant, or half a million other things adults ruin for children?
Is it so bad that children have one time of year when they can enjoy themselves and not be horrified by adult foolishness?
When we were kids, we were allowed to enjoy the holiday season.
Nowadays there are commercials in-between movies and shows that are solely intended to ruin the mood. And that’s just disappointing.
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[1] If your purpose is to undercut peoples’ belief system, it’s a good to keep in mind that CHILDREN are also seeing your propaganda. And instead of being angry and outraged by your message, they tend to believe it.
Being constantly barraged by negative advertising, fail-videos, fakenews, and — is it any wonder that things are falling apart? The population is being conditioned to experience an Us versus Them mentality in every situation.
* Our movies are good versus bad. Even when “good” is a bad guy.
* Our books feature worlds ruled by a myopic version of fascism, toppled by the little guy.
