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1. ecshafer · 1790700742 · focus · HN ↗

   Legalizing sports betting and online gambling was such a massive mistake. They are sleazy immoral industries that profit on suffering.

   1. jimt1234 · 1790703023 · focus · HN ↗

      In my lifetime I've witnessed America accept new revenue sources by relaxing the moral code. First, it was allowing businesses to be open on Sunday. Then it was allowing liquor sales on Sunday. Then it was liquor ads on television. Then it was very controlled, state-run gambling (the lottery). Then it was casino gambling. Now it's online gambling and 'prediction markets'. Then it was recreational marijuana use. And so on. My point of reference is Missouri, where I grew up, but I think most states have followed a pretty similar path, all in search of new sources of revenue. I predict this trend will continue all the way to prostitution. Yes, that sounds crazy, but if you would've told me in the early-80s that Missouri would have casinos and legal weed, I would've considered that crazy.

      1. 2OEH8eoCRo0 · 1790706225 · focus · HN ↗

         > I predict this trend will continue all the way to prostitution

         Probably. We don't call it prostitution anymore it's now called, "sex work."

         1. someonebaggy · 1790706733 · focus · HN ↗

            Sex work includes things like working on cam-sites and phone lines, which are not prostitution.

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