RobotToaster@mander.xyz to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 1 month agoOver half of Britons support increasing tax on online gamblingwww.thecanary.coexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down12
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minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 month ago I support banning it. Why?
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoIt’s a predatory market. The only people who benefit are pigs who rig the games.
minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 month agoWhat about the gamers themselves? Don’t you think they may like the way they are choosing to spend their time and money in?
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoDon’t you think meth addicts like how they’re spending their money?
minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoDon’t you think adults are capable of making decisions?
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoThey are, just not good ones
minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 month agoSo you believe YOU are more capable of making decisions for them?
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoI am more capable of making good decisions than a gambling addict
minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoSo you believe have the right to make these decisions for other adults and dictate them what to do?
Why?
It’s a predatory market. The only people who benefit are pigs who rig the games.
What about the gamers themselves? Don’t you think they may like the way they are choosing to spend their time and money in?
Don’t you think meth addicts like how they’re spending their money?
Don’t you think adults are capable of making decisions?
They are, just not good ones
So you believe YOU are more capable of making decisions for them?
I am more capable of making good decisions than a gambling addict
So you believe have the right to make these decisions for other adults and dictate them what to do?