No (D/Socialist, muh morals AND nanny statist). Gambling should be heavily restricted, for all the reasons that CrabCake, Torie, DC Al Fine, and to an extent Marokai have outlined or alluded to. The fact that there are ostensibly socialist posters who are in support of this for reasons that I can only assume are, essentially, 'muh freedom' in whole or in part, who don't seem motivated by concern for the depredations with which gambling plagues poor people and poor communities on both individual and social levels, disturbs me. As Harold Wilson said, [leftism] is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
The moral crusade part of leftism is the part that as a leftist I can't stand though honestly. I'm really not interested in policing anyone's behavior and nanny statism usually ends up falling hardest on the lower classes. Look at the Eric Gardner incident, wouldn't have happened without broken windows policing of loose cigarettes.
Working people should be able to spend there money however the hell they want and having fun shouldn't be restricted to those who can afford it.
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