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You see sins. Politicians see sin taxes, political will to spin up regulatory beurocracies, etc, etc.

We used to debate things like the harms to society of gambling, now it’s a silent decree that it’s not only legal but the basis for our economy. The same group who used to preach family values turned out to be the biggest casino pimps and pornographers.

Meanwhile, small poker groups and gambling dens patronized by consenting adults routinely get busted.

"As they ought to, how dare they not give the system a cut"

-you know exactly the type I'm mocking

You know what earns a lot of money rather effortlessly? Harvesting organs. I mean its just a cash flow, anyway for sure from sinners. Look at Chinese, always ahead of the curve.

Bonus points for saving lives of some wealthy folks. Everybody (who matters) wins.

I have some other ideas, all one needs is to flush morals down the drain for good. Clearly some folks are there already, we need to quickly jump on that rat race or FOMO would catch up and thats a big NONO.

> According to Miller, who is no longer with KODA, TJ's declaring physician believed he showed too many signs of life _to continue with the surgery_, but KODA wanted to proceed anyway. https://www.kxlh.com/health/kentucky-man-wakes-during-organ-...

If gambling stops, the economy collapses.

Do you mean casinos and betting apps? The stock market? Something else?

all of it. We are by volume of growth a 'narrative' economy not a 'production economy' which for many years now is about gambling on future outcome over pay from realized production.

There are of course solid arguments for this, but the issue is the narrative part of the economy needs to be a mix with follow on production returns -- which... according to our current GDP growth mix is not. As most even realized production is backed by narrative bets.

Preachers are often hypocrites.

> You see sins.

I can't speak for mastermage, but I don't see sins.

I see addictions, and vultures preying on them and actively profiting from exploiting their self-destruction.

They actively encourage addicts to "self-exclude" themselves from winnings, meaning if they go to a casino and win, the casino will bar them from collecting those winnings.. but they don't appear to stop that same person from placing bets in the first place.

https://massgaming.com/about/voluntary-self-exclusion/

you can speak for me in this case because this is predatory as fuck. And instead of protecting the vulnerable they profiteer of of it.

Politicians DGAF about sin taxes or creating bureaucracies that tbey have no control over.

But the lobbyist money, the campaign donations? Those are the drivers.

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