'La televisión seda a la gente' = something negative or something positive?

Question

Does 'La televisión seda a la gente' mean that the television sedates the people in a bad way (para que no proteste or se rebele contra el estado) (ie. una desventaja, algo negativo)

Or does it mean 'Television relaxes the people' (ie una ventaja, algo positivo)

Because in the dictionary it says 'sedar' can mean 'to sedate' or 'to sooth, to calm'

In england the phrase is negative

Answer 1

always negative, in spanish if you want to use the positive way...we say the tv entertaining...

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Answer 2

Although it might be positive depending on the context, I've always heard it used in a negative way.

Answer 3

Probably depends or whether calming them just relaxes them or turns them into zombies. Just like an sedative can bring you back to normal from a euphoric state, or turn you into a vegetable.

Just like sedate it would depend on the context that the sentence was being used in.