How about they get a place to be angsty and whine about kids these days and how much they hate The Wife but at a slow simmer that keeps their leaded brains engaged? Sort of stuck in an eternal 20th century sitcom.

The Animatrix taught me that this is the most humane option for irredeemably murderous chuds.

When you said American libertarians, I had a specific brand in mind, considering that’s what the founding chuds that coined it intended for that specific label after they seized it.

most American “libertarians” support it

Which ones don’t?

Is there any difference at all between nazis and American libertarians at this point, except maybe some vague economic policy or lack thereof?

I called that “just joking, unles…” tactic “Schrodinger’s Asshole” until I was informed that Schrodinger, like American Libertarians, was both an asshole and a child predator so the “yes/no” box gag doesn’t really apply; it’s more “yes/yes.”

(CW: sex predator/pedo shit, turbo misogyny)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccacoffey/2022/01/24/schrdinger-pedophilia-the-cat-is-out-of-the-bag-box/

Since when did American Libertarians have ideological consistency at all? They go wherever “ME ME ME MINE MINE MINE” winds are blowing.

Considering how buddy-buddy and have been what is even the fucking difference between fascists and libertarians?

I agree, it has been a failure, but as another poster mentioned, non-Burgerland restrictions on some of the most harmful drugs (as in actually harmful, not some kid with a joint) did have a positive societal effect under socialism.

I suppose the memory of Prohibition (and the ever-vaguer legend of it as it fades further into history) is something some people cling to no matter what, as a sort of indirect American Exceptionalism that implies that if Burgerland failed at it (and how could it not fail considering how easily accessible and everywhere alcohol has always been, and how corrupt the cops were all along) that no restrictions are possible whatsoever, nor should any ever be put in place no matter how harmful the thing in question.

EDIT: The “war on drugs” has technically been a success if one considers it started under Nixon as a means to imprison black people.

I haven’t actually seen it talked about, or defended, until this thread. Reading the text of the defending here makes me wonder if it was just a low-profile thing for some users until it got brought up here and needed to be defended with misanthropic statements about not caring about the suffering of others and other such examples of “maybe in deep with gambling apps.”

EDIT: I just did a closer read of the poster I was thinking of, and maybe you’re right. Maybe it’s just some broad-brushed ideological puritanism that absolutely demands “no veggies at dinner, no bedtimes” abolishment of any and all restrictions on anything.

I doubt many people here enjoy sports gambling, or gambling in general.

Why doubt it?

Is there some specific inoculation present in the people on Hexbear that makes them less likely to gamble or to become addicted to gambling, particularly from addiction-intended phone apps?

I’m genuinely unsure how we got to this point, never expected so many Hexbear to defend DraftKings like this

It’s a simple but powerful motivational force: they got theirs. That’s all there is to it. The sports betting app went beepbeep, pleasure centers of the brain activated, defensive tendencies engaged if the source of pleasure is criticized.

Many such cases.

EDIT: Or, maybe, it’s just some ideological puritanism that requires no restrictions on absolutely any treats because of dae le Prohibition bad.

Should be Trotsky there instead.

Just Wait For The Adults In The Room Who Make The Hard Decisions And Get Shit Done, a bedtime story for Grown-Ass Adult Liberals.

Join the club. I’ve been called an “abomination” all my life :)

If almost everyone in a leftist community thinks you’re being a selfish asshole, maybe you’re not some sort of martyr and actually you’re just being a selfish asshole and no amount of irony poisoning is hiding that.

One last thing: Where does the “vice” label come from anyway?

I’m no longer convinced you’re even a leftist. You sound a lot more like a South Park libertarian that wants unlimited and unfettered access to treats and takes a paradoxically sanctimonious idealistic moral stance against any attempt to improve society somewhat or reduce human suffering if it even slightly inconveniences you.

I don’t think you even belong here and you should get the fuck out and find a Reddit community that will congratulate you for your very brave “fuck you, got mine” positions on the issues.

I got a lot of shit for talking about treatbrain before, but I am going to keep talking about it because that shit stops any attempt to improve society somewhat before it can even start.

See how much mass rejection there was for covid restrictions once treats felt too inconvenient to access? That reactive effect could doom us all, nonjokingly.