Brett Cooper

And so that has landed me here, doing this episode and agreeing, agreeing with AOC when she posted this.

She said, this is sad.

I know as a politician, these companies are going to spend a billion dollars against me for saying it, but pervasive gambling is not good for society.

It turns life into a casino.

It traps people in addiction and debt.

It surges domestic violence and it fosters manipulation.

She's not wrong.

It is a net negative on every level.

Now, I did appreciate people pointing out the absurdity of her saying this and then having so many tweets over the years saying, sex work is real work.

There's no problem with sex work.

Like, you could literally replace gambling with sex work and the message of the tweets would be the exact same and they would be just as honest.

But that is an episode for another day.

I'm not here to debate that.

But I did just want to get that jab in there.

But again, she's correct.

It is both a personal vice that is awful for our society.

I think it is incredibly pervasive, especially with young men.

And now it could be allegedly, possibly allegedly fueling more corruption and the manipulation of markets where the elites get richer by betting on our futures.

So the question that I am asking

is that if the incentive is there to bet and then take action based on those bets, then where does that land us in what our government is doing?