All such problems stem from our desire to enhance our perception with some kind of drug. I do with coffee and tea (but that’s it, no alcohol or anything else). Then anyone pushing for no such enhancing of the self is mocked and called a societal deviant.
Some people have a desire for “enhanced perception”. “Of course, it makes you stupid. That’s why you just smoke enough to be happy!” Cheech Marin. Some people have just had too much to think and want to “be happy” for a while. Same as Pabst Blue Ribbon and NFL TV.
Rational people really do have to learn that when they see a crying child on TV whatever it is that is being sold we want LESS of it, not more.