>Panem et circenses has been around a long time, it's not a new concept that you're implying.
He doesn't seem to be implying that this is new. Rather, that this is something that happens to any decadent society society where people are depressed and unfulfilled.
> It's _historically_ very abnormal for adults to be so fascinated with dragons and other escapist features. We are living in strange times and it's not coincidence.
Note the emphasis on "historically." This implies, to those reading, that you assume the current society is "abnormal" and "strange" somehow, to which I replied that it's nothing new. Now you can take that as you wish and maybe you didn't intend that implication and think you are "precisely" saying what you intend, but it's not so precise when multiple people disagree with how you laid out your comment. It would have been more precise if everyone actually understood you, even if they had disagreed.
He doesn't seem to be implying that this is new. Rather, that this is something that happens to any decadent society society where people are depressed and unfulfilled.