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Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story (www.timesofisrael.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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[–] 58 points 7 months ago (12 children)

Prohibition of vices doesn't work, it just pushes it into organized crime. I want harm reduction more than purity

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  • [–] 20 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    You’re interested in solutions. The person you’re replying to is only interested in hearing his own voice.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah I never assume I can convince someone I'm arguing with on the internet. My goal is to convince the readers. Or entertain myself while bored at work

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I agree completely. I always assume there are younger folks in the room who haven’t formed an opinion on everything yet.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    It's not just that, even us old and opinionated people can be swayed when we aren't in the fight, given we have the wisdom to let ourselves listen to arguments. Especially if we keep seeing similar ideas from those we see as peers. It's just that when we feel confronted most people (myself included) dig in rather than reevaluate.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    It's the young and the ignorant who have formed opinions on subjects they don't understand.

    At least a few people learn nuance as they age and gain life experience. It's far from inevitable, but it does happen.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Im cool with the state owning things. Its the oversize marketing budgets and no concern for harm that comes with private ownership that bugs me.

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  • [+] -18 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    It pushes them into organized crime because the state fails to provide for people’s needs not because the vice is prohibited

    Next

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  • [–] 16 points 7 months ago

    "provide for their needs"...? What do you mean? Sure, many gamblers don't have a very stable economic situation, but you're implying that something like UBI would suddenly stop people from gambling or what?

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    And then there are those of us for whom gambling is not a need. And I think it's problematic to regard any unnecessary activity, especially one that's a known focus for self-destructively compulsive behavior, as a need.

    Heroin's a pressing need too, when you're addicted.

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