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Perhaps, it could also be protecting the masses from exploitation of gambling companies. The odds are never in a gambler's favor.
by SapporoChris 2y ago
Perhaps, it could also be protecting the masses from exploitation of gambling companies. The odds are never in a gambler's favor.
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- stubish 2y agoBoth. Most religions consider gambling immoral because it leads to social harm. You need to favor personal freedoms and personal responsibility more to justify taxing gambling rather than banning it. Or acknowledging that prohibition may cause more social harm than not. But only more secular governments get to allow harmful vices for the greater good.
- mock-possum 2y ago“Only more secular governments get to allow harmful vices for the greater good.” I hadn’t really thought about it before, but yeah, that’s naturally the way it goes.
- gregw2 2y agoI think a wise secularist may see greater good in less gambling. Not every secularist is a libertarian in their tradeoffs of "what is good" for people. There is usually some reason vices are squashed that is not religious in nature; take the China society's approach to various vices for example.