sad shit. in my country, predatory betting has already become a big addiction and life-destroying problem.
legalized by the hardline far righters, no less. so much for "protecting the economy from drug addiction"
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the british hit it big by addicting their populations to opium
the americans hit it big by addicting their populations to tabacco.
it seems to be par for the course for nations -- especially western ones.
Fucking bleak. Millions of blue-lit faces sitting alone in dark rooms trying to beat the house for a chance at economic stability. Millions of arguments with partners about bills, borrowed money, broken friendships and suicides, all so a few parasites can grow fat off the fruit of mass desperation. At Nuremburg 2, the gambling barons will be put in a room and made to choose between a hundred doors. Two will be survivable.