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The US is so corrupt, we have state sponsored gambling: the lottery. I remember when gambling casinos in the US was considered predatory and immoral and only a
by Clubber 4y ago
The US is so corrupt, we have state sponsored gambling: the lottery.
I remember when gambling casinos in the US was considered predatory and immoral and only a few states allowed it (Like Nevada and New Jersey), now it's opening up in many states because they want the money.
It's just another sign of the machine feeding itself at the expense of it's citizens.
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoCasinos also seem to be such depressing places. It was one thing when they were a novelty that you needed to go to Nevada to experience, but now Indian casinos are common in our area and they just seem so sad.
- brvsft 4y agoI used to go on a casino cruise routinely with my friends in college because the drinks were free, you'd just want to tip the servers. And you had to be visibly gambling, so we'd sit at nickel slots and play slowly. If you measured out how much you were spending and were diligent about it, it would still come out to less than buying liquor to drink at home. Super depressing though. I sat down next to an old lady once and she snapped at me because the slot machine was "hers", as she planned to work three slot machines next to each other at the same time. One time, someone died of a heart attack on the ship (most of the people there were old).
- chiefalchemist 4y agoThe irony? It's the citizens approving these projects. It's the citizens without money to spare lining up to lose their money as a form of "entertainment". Worse tho are tobacco products. Known carcinogen. Addictive. And...the government allows the sales to persist and then taxes it. Why do the right thing when you can rationalize it as someone else's moral failure? Think of all the things banned during Covid (i.e., a respiratory virus). Cigarettes was not one of those things.
- bandersnitch 4y ago[dead]