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99 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker 16 Jul \ parent \ on: Teleprompter Operator Allegedly Made Kalshi Bets on Trump Statements Stacker_Sports Politics_And_Law
  • Over time, rational people without private information should learn not to participate in gameable markets
  • Liquidity in gameable markets should dry up
  • Perhaps there remains a certain percentage of the population who are gambling addicts / think they're smarter / don't learn
  • When they lose their shirt, should society pick up the tab for them?

Seems to me that everything always comes down to whether we let people live with the consequences of their decisions

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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @unboiled 17 Jul
Seems to me that everything always comes down to whether we let people live with the consequences of their decisions

What an anachronistic thing to say when everyone always blames every bad outcome on someone else. I love it.

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3 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 16 Jul

I’m all for cutting off all government benefits to anyone engaged in no-no behavior.

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54 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 16 Jul

doesn't really matter if you're for it, what matters is what everyone else thinks

democracy kinda sux

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3 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 16 Jul

If these markets can exist permissionlessly, or effectively so, then democracy can go pound sand.

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