Which is why business, their wealthy owners and CEOs dont mind gambling your retirement by tying it to the volatile markets and electing good-for-profits war mongering republicans who tank retirement funds, because they can afford for you to lose your retirement.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Don’t gamble with anything you can’t afford to lose.
BooBees@fedinsfw.app 23 hours ago
TWeaK@lemmy.today 22 hours ago
The issue there is that they aren’t being held liable to the cost they’re incurring.
over_clox@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Don’t gamble
with anything you can’t afford to loseTWeaK@lemmy.today 22 hours ago
No, they had it right above.
I’m happy to bet beer money with a friend on a random chance I’m interested in.
frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
If you have self-control it’s fine like most other potential vices.
I’d personally rather avoid it to not promote the culture around it and because I know people that lost everything they owned from doing it.
TWeaK@lemmy.today 13 hours ago
I’d argue it’s more of an “industry” rather than a “culture”, that sits as the root cause of your distaste of betting. A predatory industry victimises that people to take their wealth. “The house always wins”.