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[return to "Legalizing sports gambling was a mistake"]
1. keifer+yW1[view] [source] 2024-09-27 06:26:26
>>jimbob+(OP)
This, along with innumerable other things like lifting the ban on usurious interest rates, is ultimately a consequence of the same phenomenon Nietzsche describes as “the death of God.”

We have forgotten the deeper reasons that certain things were prohibited or discouraged, assuming that these rules were only there because of a belief in a religion society doesn’t follow anymore. That was a naive view and it turns out that many “old” rules are actually pragmatic social codes disguised as beliefs. This isn’t limited to a particular tradition, either: pretty much every major religion has frowned upon things like gambling.

And so in the absence of any real coherent philosophy that aims to deal with complex problems like gambling, addiction, or excessive interest rates, you’re only going to get an expansion of what is already dominant: markets.

Don’t expect this to change until knowledge of ethics and philosophy becomes widespread enough to establish a new mental model for thinking about these issues.

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2. highwa+VX1[view] [source] 2024-09-27 06:37:18
>>keifer+yW1
In a couple of years people will feel the same way about college athletes being compensated.
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3. snapca+pM2[view] [source] 2024-09-27 13:23:04
>>highwa+VX1
Can you explain more? not a huge sports guy but isn't this an entirely different thing? I've been looking at that situation (from a distance) as messy but overall good to see people compensated for their labor and the physical risks they take on
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4. highwa+9R3[view] [source] 2024-09-27 18:55:00
>>snapca+pM2
When the top player makes over $1M and 80% make nothing - how does that help with the point of sports.
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