You live in a society asshole, existing around other humans necessitates regulations on "how you live your life". If you don't like it you can go Ted Kaczynski off to Idaho if you want.
You are elevating an abstract ideal of personal choice above the reality of people suffering.
The purpose of something is what it does. If it's a Skinner box that keeps people perpetually indulgent, addled, and even violent, it is a clear net negative, and doesn't need to exist. There are other things, maybe even with shiny lights and tokens involved, that people can get their fix on.
I'm not saying it should be fully prohibited and prevented; just kept outside the domain of business. People can do it if they want to, but no one's allowed to make a buck off it. In other words, a commercial ban.
When you look at the range of people that gamble, it's not exactly something you ever see "in moderation" very much.
That's not a good reason to ban something.
Yes it is
No, I'm not going to let you tell me how I get to live my life.
literal "fuck you mom, bedtime is when i say so" ideology
You live in a society asshole, existing around other humans necessitates regulations on "how you live your life". If you don't like it you can go Ted Kaczynski off to Idaho if you want.
Are you doing a bit or are you a weird libertarian?
it won't be "me"
it will be the democratic bodies of the working class. And yes, they will get to set rules and regulations and laws you have to follow
"No veggies at dinner, no bedtimes" petty selfishness has a lot more overlap with American Libertarianism than with any coherent leftist movement.
And you're doing this in defense of tech corporations and their fucking sports gambling apps.
You are elevating an abstract ideal of personal choice above the reality of people suffering.
The purpose of something is what it does. If it's a Skinner box that keeps people perpetually indulgent, addled, and even violent, it is a clear net negative, and doesn't need to exist. There are other things, maybe even with shiny lights and tokens involved, that people can get their fix on.
I'm not saying it should be fully prohibited and prevented; just kept outside the domain of business. People can do it if they want to, but no one's allowed to make a buck off it. In other words, a commercial ban.