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by mullingitover 22 days ago
> There is a market for the gamblification of everything because there is no other widely accessible path for young people to build a future.

Gambling is the closest we've come to figuring out how to directly tax hope.

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People who say they use gambling to "dream" or "Hope" are just coping.

You don't have to spend a single penny to dream or hope some sort of better outcome for yourself in the next few days that has much better odds than winning the lottery.

They just like gambling.

> They just like gambling.

So why to people suffering from poverty like gambling so much more than everyone else?

Because it's the only possible way out for them.