Most noteworthy for me is the fact that more Americans think that porn (52%) and homosexuality (39%) are wrong than spanking children (23%) and being ultra wealthy (18%).

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https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/03/19/what-do-americans-consider-immoral/

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[–] 22 points 6 months ago (10 children)

I think I’m heading back toward gambling being morally wrong. I mean, it’s not, but it can be self-destructive, and willingly work with immoral entities - most companies that profit from gambling are exploiting people’s weaknesses to harm them. That’s a whole lot of immoral all over a mildly amusing activity

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    Gambling in the micro is not morally wrong. Games between friends with stakes and the like is perfectly fine.

    Running a casino or sportsbook is almost certainly exploiting problem gamblers in a way that is unequivocally morally wrong.

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  • Gambling isnt morally wrong, but running a casino is. Corporations should be banned from any gambling related activity, that way if a couple friends want to play poker or make a small wager on a football game, no laws are broken government doesn't get involved. But at the same time by banning corporations you make it so that there's no casinos no tv ads and more generally no capitalist industry preying on gambling addicts.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    At minimum online gambling should be outlawed. That whole industry seems to make the issue so much worse compared to how it was historically.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    The only thing worse than legal gambling is illegal gambling.

    Addicts are addicts, they can't be helped and must help themselves. We all must learn to control our dopamine receptors, they are batshit crazy.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    I don’t even know if that’s true in the same way that it is for a drug user. Making drugs legal and safe is a good for society. Making gambling legal has made society worse in terms of bankruptcies and financial stress.

    Gambling addicts definitely need support but allowing problem gamblers to be taken advantage of is something that legal gambling does that legal recreational drug use does not

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