>Escapism is flourishing because real life is incredibly shit and games are starting to stimulate actual gambling addictions via microtransactions.
<Nope, we won't look into the underlying causes of what is fueling this escapism, and consider adjusting educational and cultural values to favor virtues that make social life more bearable.
<Nope, we won't look into the gambling like nature certain gimmicks in gaming are encouraging, and consider re-evaluating game designs to avert such addictions while still making games profitable
<Let's just slap on a label of mental disorder and make a lot of money selling needless therapies, drugs and lectures that fail to address the cause and only the symptoms.
<There, now we don't have to really change anything and pretend that we are.
It's rather ridiculous when you think about it. It's nothing more than weaponizing psychology so they can continue their current propaganda models.