• LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    6 days ago

    It’s absurd how fucked up and perverse the gambling shit has gotten, not only are there literally dozens of gambling outlets that shpuld be and recently WERE illegal just like everywhere but they’re all advertising on all fucking frequencies, paper and radio and internet and TV ads all telling you to gamble, hey, make an account and make a bet and you get $200 bonus bets we’re not just getting you hooked we swear

    Like i dunno it just seems like one of the grossest fucking things that has just instantly infected every corner of american society

    I fuckinv hate religion but like fuck, is this just because of the tele evangelist grifter types taking over modern christianity? I feel like it used to be like this sort of shit would at least get a significant push back by the religious but now I have expect Jesus Christ branded/sponsored gambling apps any day now

    • BountifulEggnog [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      is this just because of the tele evangelist grifter types taking over modern christianity?

      Christianity has been picking and choosing what they care about for a lot longer then that

    • alexei_1917 [mirror/your pronouns]@hexbear.net
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      I’ve hated the churches ever since Cold War Christianity was a thing, but used to be, the temperance types at least kept the gambling inside regulated brick and mortar casinos and shady bookie shops. At this point, I’d welcome the 1950s Religious Right that put McCarthy in power, just to oust their even worse modern counterparts.