My views put me somewhere between a Marxist-Leninist and Libertarian Socialist. I want the masses to own the means of production, and a state that enables people more than it restricts them. Longer reasoning coming.
No, I mean you sound like you are a member of the Libertarian Party in the US.
There is no Marxist-Leninist party in the world that wants completely uncontrolled vices, what the fuck?
Like casinos/lotteries/now sports betting are some of the most predatory forms of capitalism known to man, you aren't even a socialist if you want them deregulated.
It's a take indistinguishable from reactionary "fuck you, got mine" takes.
For some people, it's acceptable, even desirable, for countless other people they will never meet to suffer just because they got theirs and enjoy the sports betting treats with their ubermensch powers of restraint and moderation.
What's absurd to me is that it's not like you couldn't bet on sports before, you just had to have some buddies at work, or a sibling who or something who was interested.
That doesn't allow for the quantity of gambling necessary to immiserate people en masse though.
Which also contributed to it draining income from the community.
If you and your brother in law trade the same 20 bucks back and forth over a few years of 2 person bets then all you did was make the game more exciting. If you did the same but gave a quarter of that to the US government to buy bombs and tanks for the local police department then you could be hundreds or thousands in the hole each after a few years.
This sounds like libertarianism
My views put me somewhere between a Marxist-Leninist and Libertarian Socialist. I want the masses to own the means of production, and a state that enables people more than it restricts them. Longer reasoning coming.
No, I mean you sound like you are a member of the Libertarian Party in the US.
There is no Marxist-Leninist party in the world that wants completely uncontrolled vices, what the fuck?
Like casinos/lotteries/now sports betting are some of the most predatory forms of capitalism known to man, you aren't even a socialist if you want them deregulated.
You're to the right of a typical Democrat
When you combine idealism with materialist communism all you get is a philosophical abomination
It's a take indistinguishable from reactionary "fuck you, got mine" takes.
For some people, it's acceptable, even desirable, for countless other people they will never meet to suffer just because they got theirs and enjoy the sports betting treats with their ubermensch powers of restraint and moderation.
What's absurd to me is that it's not like you couldn't bet on sports before, you just had to have some buddies at work, or a sibling who or something who was interested.
That doesn't allow for the quantity of gambling necessary to immiserate people en masse though.
Also all that income was untaxed now they cut in the government it's fully legalized.
Which also contributed to it draining income from the community.
If you and your brother in law trade the same 20 bucks back and forth over a few years of 2 person bets then all you did was make the game more exciting. If you did the same but gave a quarter of that to the US government to buy bombs and tanks for the local police department then you could be hundreds or thousands in the hole each after a few years.