Korea is taking strong measures to prevent citizens from staying up all night playing their favorite games. This isn't a new concept; China did something similar back in 2005.
Some places have laws about how late a bar can be open, so I suppose there's a precedent of government intervening in the hours that we're allowed to engage in behavior that may be harmful to ourselves, but I'm not convinced that a lack of self-discipline with video games is the same thing as imbibing powerful intoxicants.
When China did this, it made a lot of news but I personally didn't find it to be incredibly worrisome; China is an authoritarian dictatorship. South Korea, on the other hand, is supposed to be a democratic republic... and I'm a bit shocked and quite worried about this type of heavy-handed authority being used in a nominally free society.
Do you think this type of thing is justified? How much authority does the government have when it comes to limiting freedoms in the name of the greater good?
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