When given the choice between a piece of candy and a piece of broccoli a child will rarely pick what’s best for them. When going to the movies and given the same type of choices the childish mind of the masses will also choose the mindless eye candy and ear beer shows before a thoughtful or provocative movie. However, in both instances, either with food or entertainment, will rarely make the connection between the corrosive candy they are eating, or the sugar logic they are watching, with the cavities that are rotting out their physical teeth or the sugar logic that rots out their logistical teeth.
The rush received when consuming conspiracy candy is no different than the rush children get on Halloween when they eat too much candy and then are bouncing off the walls all night. Good luck trying to reason with them at this time, let alone trying to get them to calm down and go to sleep. And once they’re addicted to sugar, good luck getting them to break the habit, especially when the culture is promoting more consumption, not less, and you’re addicted yourself.
The earlier and longer a person is fed an addictive substance the harder it is to get then to kick the habit. When an addiction is established in a person at a young age as a reward then it is even that much harder to change the behavior that perpetuates the addiction. The sugar as a reward conditioning is ingrained in us at such a young age that it persists well into our adulthood without question, and without any social resistance, thereby passing the addiction to sugar on for generations to come.
Traditions of holiday candy is so rooted into our social holidays that it has become a collective cadence of candy consumption. Be it Valentine hearts, Easter jellybean eggs, Halloween treats, or Christmas candy canes the persistent pushing of sugar into our system has made us defend these feel-good traditions despite their destructive effects on our mind and body.
These same patterns of behavior that we can see with sugar are duplicated when we consume media as well. Our brains become used to using the same sugar logic we use to justify our abuse of sugar as a stimulant to justify consuming conspiracy candy and other programing that just plays on our childish inclinations to seek stimulation regardless of the consequences.