Gambling used to be illegal because it’s addictive & destructive. I’m not sure when it became legal & so ubiquitous, but I miss the days when it was illegal & could only be done underground. Gambling was illegal because it’s addictive & destructive.
When you make gambling illegal, you create a mafia or the equivalent, over and over and over again, no exceptions.
The mafia is even MORE destructive than gambling alone for many reasons.
Creating well-funded black markets is always a mistake, one that has been re-learned many times.
Not to mention, throwing people in dungeons for gambling is counterproductive, destructive, morally bankrupt, and flat-out evil
Addictions abound, everywhere. It’s part of being human and that’s okay. Control your urge to control others… it’s wrong and also an addiction. Power addiction is a well-recorded phenomenon.
Gambling seems to me like one of the most destructive addictions out there. If you have money you can pretty much consume as much drugs as you want and still have money. Gambling is the one addiction that scales with your income and can leave pretty much anyone homeless no matter where you start from. It’s terrible
Gambling used to be illegal because it’s addictive & destructive. I’m not sure when it became legal & so ubiquitous, but I miss the days when it was illegal & could only be done underground. Gambling was illegal because it’s addictive & destructive.
When The House is also The White House, they can do as they please.
When you make gambling illegal, you create a mafia or the equivalent, over and over and over again, no exceptions.
The mafia is even MORE destructive than gambling alone for many reasons.
Creating well-funded black markets is always a mistake, one that has been re-learned many times.
Not to mention, throwing people in dungeons for gambling is counterproductive, destructive, morally bankrupt, and flat-out evil
Addictions abound, everywhere. It’s part of being human and that’s okay. Control your urge to control others… it’s wrong and also an addiction. Power addiction is a well-recorded phenomenon.
Gambling seems to me like one of the most destructive addictions out there. If you have money you can pretty much consume as much drugs as you want and still have money. Gambling is the one addiction that scales with your income and can leave pretty much anyone homeless no matter where you start from. It’s terrible