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Originally posted by pintohoo: ↑

Pokies are a multi faceted issue, they are not as simple as the blunt instrument of providing footie etc.

1. they provide a direct income stream of government

2. whilst they do provide the same entertainment value to take minds off real life - they do differ in -

that they are also fed in popularity by poverty

as people become poorer, they gamble more (unlike other destructive habits, such as alcohol)

https://wi-problemgamblers.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PGAM-Brochure-Updated-2022.pdf

there's some interesting reading about gambling and poverty - as time goes on - in places like Australia, the story changes, but, it's getting worse, not better.

More evidence of failure of state

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988321001237

The slide is relentless, the signs more numerous, and the quicker the plunge, the more louder the voices which shout, 'we're ok, she'll be right'

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bro we’s all just battery cells being feed in VR to make us thinks we are living. I wouldn’t worry too much
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