As someone who also grew up like this, I second this.

Those adults are ofeltrn fully aware of how oppressive it is, and like it.that way. That's why there's a multi-front push to remove options. School phone bans, age verification, library book bans, ebike bans, and more are all happening at the same time and I suspect for the same reason: systematically cutting off every Escape Route One by One to enable total isolation for indoctrination