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v buckenham
@v21.bsky.social

i did not really understand the Temperance movement and Prohibition until this recent surge of gambling

Mezentine@mezentine.bsky.social

I think we underestimate the appeal of antigambling politics because every problem gambler is surrounded by 3-10 people who are absolutely sick of their shit.

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v buckenham
@v21.bsky.social

and, like, it's fucked because there's no strict boundary to what counts as gambling. gacha games, day trading, prediction markets... i mean, all bad but all connected to things which do have a socially useful purpose.

v buckenham
@v21.bsky.social

but yeah. previously i would have said, well, some gambling is okay, we should have limits, can't we put things in place so that mostly people don't ruin their lives over it. and now i'm like: nah, ban it. all of it. it's fucked. get rid.

M. Kaspar
@archomath.net

the way in which the world has made me reckon with the innocent joy of opening booster packs as a twelve year old