I think the real danger lies with the youth. Adults might not have much time these days to doomscroll as it is. Most internet content is probably produced and read by young people who frankly have time on their hands to scroll on tiktok for various reasons. Its also a demographic where you might not expect this to ever change: not all kids can walk to their friends house and hang out in person, they might be dependent on someone driving them someplace. Likewise they won’t ever be fully busy with school or extracurriculars, because there will always be a subset of students who are doing both of those things as well as working part time to make some ends meet, so workloads basically cannot demand your full attention outside of class time due to not everyone having the same amount of hours of free time after class. This invites more “idle time” that is filled with easy things like TV or tiktok, something you can do instantly on your couch, vs making plans, being active, or getting yourself someplace. Less inertia.

If you control the opinions of the youth, you have their votes for at least a few election cycles before their opinions might soften with the stressors of western adulthood. You also significantly influence how they spend money and get their parents to spend money. Its a very powerful position.