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In America it's gambling and gambling culture. It makes everything trashier and brings out the worst in people.
I agree. Throw in the influx of gambling apps and the commercials that come with them, and what was once a den of degeneracy has become a trending hobby.
And this is coming from someone who pays a lot of online poker (for fake money) and enjoys occasional trips to the casino. I just don't bring more than I can afford to lose and I walk in assuming I won't bring any of it home.
Yeah it's like anything else, majority of people can control themselves and enjoy responsibly but a decent minority cannot and it ruins families, whether it's gambling, drugs, sex work or something else.
Criminalizing the users makes things worse, but allowing corporations to make billions off of it also makes things worse.
They should do something like it's not illegal but corporations are banned from being involved.
Like, if you wanna host poker night with a few buddies, sure why not. Once you start forming an LLC and applying for bank loans to build a casino, then that shouldn't be allowed IMHO.
We should start betting more specifically about the oligarchs and their families. Put money down for a pregnancy to end in death, a cancer treatment to fail, a kid to fail an exam, just whatever unbelievably callous shit I can think of to get people paying attention.