Huge crowds watched people kill each other in Colloseums.
Huge crowds cheered as people were executed, as a matter of course. It was entertainment.
So, were all those societies of the past being harmed and corrupted by their entertainment in a broad-sce way? In a way we can see in retrospect, that caused them to become worse than they already were?
Those societies were worse off because they valued human life less and this was reflected in their entertainment. Seems like a reasonably unobjectionable no-brainer.
So, were all those societies of the past being harmed and corrupted by their entertainment in a broad-sce way? In a way we can see in retrospect, that caused them to become worse than they already were?