I don't really see much "treatbrain" here, I doubt many people here enjoy sports gambling, or gambling in general. I think it's just that, somewhat understandably, the failure of the war on drugs in the US has made most western leftists hyper-libertarian on vice regulation. It's an attitude I've seen a lot even with otherwise smart comrades. Decades of people getting thrown in jail for possessing a small amount of marijuana kinda does that to people.
I never see people here talk about it. Unlike other "treats". If they were defending it out of personal enjoyment I'd expect people to cite that more rather than argue more from an ideological libertarian point of view.
There's that one guy, but besides him most people seem to be drawing parallels to drug prohibition. Which again is understandable because the war on drugs has been an utter failure in the US.
I don't really see much "treatbrain" here, I doubt many people here enjoy sports gambling, or gambling in general. I think it's just that, somewhat understandably, the failure of the war on drugs in the US has made most western leftists hyper-libertarian on vice regulation. It's an attitude I've seen a lot even with otherwise smart comrades. Decades of people getting thrown in jail for possessing a small amount of marijuana kinda does that to people.
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I never see people here talk about it. Unlike other "treats". If they were defending it out of personal enjoyment I'd expect people to cite that more rather than argue more from an ideological libertarian point of view.
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There's that one guy, but besides him most people seem to be drawing parallels to drug prohibition. Which again is understandable because the war on drugs has been an utter failure in the US.
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