Chinese government forbids under-18s from playing video games for more than three hours a week; calls it ‘spiritual opium’

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[–]NeoRail 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Very impressive, although it remains to be seen to what extent this decision is enforceable.

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Very impressive, although it remains to be seen to what extent this decision is enforceable.

The government doesn't need to enforce it to the letter. You underestimate the extent to which citizens will voluntarily follow the government's dictates if they respect that government, especially in a collectivist society like China. Even in the United States, there was a time when millions of Americans would voluntarily buy war bonds and ration their own household supplies just because the government said so. That would be unthinkable in modern-day America.