Infantilization: whose fault is it?

«For your health, avoid snacking between meals», «Eat five fruits and vegetables a day», «Stay hydrated», etc. Between solicitude and injunction, our daily infantilization profoundly modifies our behavior. Is the state the only one to blame?

If the term «infantilisation» is used to describe the state's tendency to treat citizens like its children, it's clear that this tendency falls under the umbrella of a liberal critique that seeks to protect individuals from the tentacles of power. In his essay Infantilisation: cet Etat-nounou qui vous veut du bien, French entrepreneur Mathieu Laine addresses this issue in over two hundred pages. However, another question arises: is the problem purely external to individuals? Does it lie solely in the relationship between the individual and the state?

According to the essayist, the situation is clear: the State is constantly encroaching on the