What is a tittytainment?
First of all, tittytainment comes from 2 words combined: Tits and Entertainment.
The image of a mother breastfeeding her baby is wonderful!
Imagine this, what if this baby is an adult who cries whenever the world goes against his wishes?
Then, this giant baby will instantly stop crying when fed with breasts.And so, he forgets about everything, including the reason he gets angry.
The same cycles repeats. A way to stop them crying.
This is purely for illustartive purpose to describe a phenomenon where people indulge in frequent stimulation of entertainment, and eventually losing the ability to think independently or critically.
There is actually a word for it — Tittytainment.
The frustrated population of the world could be kept happy with a mixture of numbing entertainment and adequate food. … The world model of the future follows the formula 20 to 80. The one-fifth society is brewing in which the excluded will be immobilized with “tittytainment” — The Global Trap
The concept of Tittytainment was introduced in The Global Trap by Hans-Peter Martin, an Austrian journalist and former politician.
Why do we stay in our comfort zone while the rich get richer?
The Pareto Principle ( 80/20 Principle)
The book Global Trap discuss mainly with the effects of globalization. It describes a growing social divide as a result of “delimitation” of the economy and a loss of political control by the state over the economic development, which is increasingly controlled by global corporations.
The authors discussed a 20/80 society structure where 80 percent lives on some form of welfare and “tittytainment” — a mixture of “deadeningly predictable, lowest common denominator” entertainment for the soul and body nourishment.
Besides, this book describe how a global 80:20 distribution already exists in many aspects, and illustrate possible economic, social and political consequences of free trade and deregulated financial markets.
