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Disney Is Encouraging and Exploiting the Rise of “Kidults” (jacobin.com)

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[–] CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I don't see the connection between the "Disney adults" described by this article and the wider "kidult culture" that's supposedly characterized by playing Stardew Valley and watching K-Pop Demon Hunters.

On the one hand, this article points to people spending huge sums of money to permanently live in a constructed escapist fantasy, and on the other hand you have (relatively) cheap media where someone might spend a few hours engaging with in their free time each day.

Calling out "cozy games" where you "tend vegetable gardens" is especially odd: The clearest connection to escapism in those games is about living in a community where everyone is connected on a personal level. You know, the very thing capitalist society abolishes for profit every day. I don't see where enjoyment of that media connects to living a Disney-themed life, basically the complete opposite.