• gworl@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    24 hours ago

    It pushes them into organized crime because the state fails to provide for people’s needs not because the vice is prohibited

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    • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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      9 hours ago

      And then there are those of us for whom gambling is not a need. And I think it’s problematic to regard any unnecessary activity, especially one that’s a known focus for self-destructively compulsive behavior, as a need.

      Heroin’s a pressing need too, when you’re addicted.

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      23 hours ago

      “provide for their needs”…? What do you mean? Sure, many gamblers don’t have a very stable economic situation, but you’re implying that something like UBI would suddenly stop people from gambling or what?