I've never heard of that precommitment idea being discussed WRT Nevada, sensible and humane as it is. Them fuckers want *all* your money. I've read reports of people going to the casinos in adult diapers.
Gambling licenses should only be issued to community owned and run groups. Whose aim is to provide gambling to those that want it in a way that is acceptable to the local community. Allowing individual communities to deal with the issue in different ways, best suited to their demographic. After reasonable wages for those operating the venture all profits to stay within the local communities that generated them.
I don't get why engaging in unhealthy coping mechanisms equates to stupidity, although I understand there is some level of personal responsibility involved. I just feel people need some perspective every time I hear one of those offhanded judgements. Great video.
What the abolitionist approach to these gambling machines might be is a harder question to answer. If you also wish to abolish the state, then requesting that the state pass legislation to abolish them is less than ideal (not to mention a losing proposition when the state makes so much money off of licensing and taxes from the machines).
Going into bars and casinos with ski masks on armed with baseball/cricket bats and crowbars to smash them to pieces is the best answer I have at the moment.
And if the public is more accepting, perhaps that will lead people who wouldn't otherwise gamble to gamble because they feel that gambling has become "safe". This may actually result in an overall increase in profits for the gambling industry and a spreading out of some suffering to many people rather than extreme suffering on just a few. If your goal is to abolish this sort of gambling, that result is obviously undesirable.
When thinking about the reform of any industry or system I always think back to this framework for achieving the abolition of police laid out by Kristian Williams (google: "strategy toward a world without cops")
I'm afraid that the reform you're advocating for - although it would definitely reduce the suffering of individual problem gamblers - might benefit the gambling industry in the long run by making the general public more accepting of these machines (seeing them as less destructive).
Also, I agree with the point you made about people (usually corporations) using the bullshit argument "well we donate lots of money to this cause so that justifies everything we do". I'm sick of hearing that shit. I also hate when people rely on hiding behind the sympathy have towards children, old people, or the military (especially wounded veterans) to make their arguments for them. I'm not saying having sympathy for these people is bad, I just don't like seeing it exploited for others gain.
Good video. Even though I am libertarian (a moderate one, not a market fundamentalist that views economics as a religion), I still feel sympathy towards those who are caught up in destructive habits like drugs or gambling. I dont see a problem with minor regulations to try and discourage destructive decisions. My question is, once someone reaches their limit, how long are they cut off from gambling and how is it enforced? What is to stop someone from setting their limit at $100 over and over?
I've never heard of that precommitment idea being discussed WRT Nevada, sensible and humane as it is. Them fuckers want *all* your money. I've read reports of people going to the casinos in adult diapers.
NotADood 1 month ago
Gambling licenses should only be issued to community owned and run groups. Whose aim is to provide gambling to those that want it in a way that is acceptable to the local community. Allowing individual communities to deal with the issue in different ways, best suited to their demographic. After reasonable wages for those operating the venture all profits to stay within the local communities that generated them.
HelmetBlissta 1 month ago
I don't get why engaging in unhealthy coping mechanisms equates to stupidity, although I understand there is some level of personal responsibility involved. I just feel people need some perspective every time I hear one of those offhanded judgements. Great video.
SunsetStudies 2 months ago
sounds like typical politics.
UserXer0 2 months ago
What the abolitionist approach to these gambling machines might be is a harder question to answer. If you also wish to abolish the state, then requesting that the state pass legislation to abolish them is less than ideal (not to mention a losing proposition when the state makes so much money off of licensing and taxes from the machines).
Going into bars and casinos with ski masks on armed with baseball/cricket bats and crowbars to smash them to pieces is the best answer I have at the moment.
einrobstein 2 months ago
And if the public is more accepting, perhaps that will lead people who wouldn't otherwise gamble to gamble because they feel that gambling has become "safe". This may actually result in an overall increase in profits for the gambling industry and a spreading out of some suffering to many people rather than extreme suffering on just a few. If your goal is to abolish this sort of gambling, that result is obviously undesirable.
einrobstein 2 months ago
When thinking about the reform of any industry or system I always think back to this framework for achieving the abolition of police laid out by Kristian Williams (google: "strategy toward a world without cops")
I'm afraid that the reform you're advocating for - although it would definitely reduce the suffering of individual problem gamblers - might benefit the gambling industry in the long run by making the general public more accepting of these machines (seeing them as less destructive).
einrobstein 2 months ago
Also, I agree with the point you made about people (usually corporations) using the bullshit argument "well we donate lots of money to this cause so that justifies everything we do". I'm sick of hearing that shit. I also hate when people rely on hiding behind the sympathy have towards children, old people, or the military (especially wounded veterans) to make their arguments for them. I'm not saying having sympathy for these people is bad, I just don't like seeing it exploited for others gain.
StewartLucrative 2 months ago
Good video. Even though I am libertarian (a moderate one, not a market fundamentalist that views economics as a religion), I still feel sympathy towards those who are caught up in destructive habits like drugs or gambling. I dont see a problem with minor regulations to try and discourage destructive decisions. My question is, once someone reaches their limit, how long are they cut off from gambling and how is it enforced? What is to stop someone from setting their limit at $100 over and over?
StewartLucrative 2 months ago
gambling is a very nasty business.
MensRifleAssociation 2 months ago