“If people engage in creative and constructive activities during their leisure, civilization is advanced; if they indulge in useless and destructive activities, the social order deteriorates and progress is retarded.”7 He also demonstrates that the humanistic hope for people to use their increasing leisure time wisely has not borne good fruit in practice. As leisure has increased, commercial entertainments have as well. They sap the productive energy of a person without improving him mentally, socially,
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