alt Hacker Newsbasically, does the government have its thumb on the scale makes it legal. Gambling is so bad and illegal, except when the pennsylvania lottery does it. Alcohol, bad and illegal, except when the state monopoly sells it.
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kube-system • today at 5:25 PM
There are very good reasons that gambling and financial markets are regulated.
mahboi • today at 4:59 PM
Yep. Hope they kill Kalshi.
walthamstow • today at 5:09 PM
Devices that broadcast wifi illegal except when the FCC says so. Damn government with their thumb on the scales.
That's such a poor argument. Illegal building is bad because it's illegal; illegal gambling is bad because it's illegal. This is just how laws work. Heck, in the US even homicide is bad because it's illegal, when you consider that there is a legal version of it.