re: Video game addiction is a mental health disorder, World Health Organization says

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Addiction is a problem. It doesn't matter what it is to which you are addicted.

Addiction is the problem. Lack of self control is the problem. Lack of discipline. Lack of real world purpose is a problem.

Kids don't have self control or purpose in life. Children inherently crave discipline and purpose. Without a strong set of parents to instill discipline and purpose you end up with wildly out of control and unpredictable little shits yearning for a sense of belonging and accomplishment.

Parents and society are failing children at an alarming and increasing rate.

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Breesus speaks truth.

The problem is at home and within the individual.

So why is everyone so quickly able to support it as a disease?

1. The WHO gets more funding and attention.
2. The physicians get paid better to treat it.
3. The pharmaceutical companies get money to develop drugs to treat it.
4. The insurance companies raise premiums to treat it.
5. The hospitals get paid for inpatient treatment of it.
6. The government raises taxes to deal with the "crisis" of it.
7. The individual and their family get "an excuse" for their poor choices.

Everyone wins in the short term.

Everyone loses in the long term.