• WatDabney@sopuli.xyz
    1 day

    Of course. Gambling is a hallmark of civilizations in decline.

    The Polymarket thing is a bit different though. It’s built on a foundation of saps hoping to strike it big, but it promarily benefits insiders, who are turning their knowledge into financial windfalls.

    Just another of the privileges afforded the wealthy and empowered few.

  • pr06lefs@lemmy.ml
    1 day

    fucking polymarket chuds running foreign policy is a problem

    • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
      1 day

      That specific problem isn’t really “gambling” tough.

      • pr06lefs@lemmy.ml
        1 day

        no true gambling huh?

        1. the saps losing money to the insiders are genuinely gambling
        2. polymarket is a gambling institution.
        3. without polymarket, you can’t have this insider/sap exploitation dynamic
        • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
          1 day

          The specific problem of people from the Trump admin betting on polymarket is not “gambling”.

          • pr06lefs@lemmy.ml
            1 day

            yes it is “gambling”. do card cheaters make money on “gambling”? “yes”

            • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
              1 day

              Thats true i suppose, but there’s a bunch of more appropriate descriptions, like abuse of office or corruption.

  • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
    1 day

    I think there is a lack of opportunity epidemic in the USA right now. The way people cope with that varies.