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▲ Havoc 7 hours ago

We do seem to be in a “everything is allowed” era

▲jubilanti 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> We do seem to be in a “everything is allowed” era

Except when it comes to protesting certain things.

▲method_capital 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Except online poker (here in the states)! Gotta keep that one prohibited. Now, betting on every freethrow Joe BBall takes in a game ... we're morally good there. It's those pesky immoral cards we have a problem with!

▲Exoristos 4 hours ago | parent [-]

After all, a deck of cards is The Devil's Picture Book[0][1].

0. https://beaconlights.org/sermons/a-deck-of-cards

1. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68367

▲sneak 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Individual liberty is a dangerous thing, by design.

Existence isn't safe, and it's not up to the state to try to make it safe for you. It's our responsibility as a society to ensure that you have maximum liberty, insofar as it does not directly harm other people.

You are entirely free (or, should be) to harm yourself, or to make decisions that put yourself in danger.

▲lokar 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Elections have consequences

▲AlexandrB 7 hours ago | parent [-]

They actually don't. That's the problem.

https://prospect.org/2026/07/07/economic-hit-men-for-gamblin...

▲lokar 4 hours ago | parent [-]

The meaning of that is, the people you elect matter. If you keep voting for the same (kind of) people, you will get the same results.