Until a few decades ago with the advent of television, radio, internet, etc, entertainment was a rarity. Now people are being entertained into a nonlife. There is a big difference between fun and entertainment. Active and passive. People are becoming more passive. Very convenient for the statists.
As Roger Waters sang, “This species has amused itself to death.”
No, entertainment was NOT a rarity. That is simply historically inaccurate. Entertainment goes back as far as recorded human history, in fact a lot of our recorded human history WAS entertainment to start with. People often didn’t write down the daily news, but they did write down various things mocking the daily news.