• TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    outlawing vices entirely doesn't stop their consumption and just makes it more dangerous (especially for poor people)?

    We're in a thread about how legalizing sports betting is driving poor people further into poverty. The idea that legalization is inherently harm reduction is completely divorced from reality.

    • imogen_underscore [it/its, she/her]
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      2 months ago

      i agree its a total false equivalence here drugs and gambling are in fact different and one is a lot easier to stop people doing in harmful ways