Comments by "" (@diadetediotedio6918) on "FBI makes daring raid of Polymarket CEO's home..." video.

Nobody claimed to invent something completely new here, the "new" in this stems from the fact that now people can't just fraud you, a computer verified contract will ensure you receive your money if you win.
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@dogy8231 The question should be "why not?", it is the illegalization that is an affirmative action against all people who already use prediction markets.
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@homeape. Surely it is homeape that knows everything about the scandal, so much he even uses quotation marks when spelling it.
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@vespuccini Gambling is economics, the degeneracy comes from the players who can't control themselves. Gambling <per se> should not be a problem of degeneracy.
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@vespuccini It is not circular logic, it is just an unjustified conclusion. There is no circularity in affirming T is useful for X, and X is useful because of Y.
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@vespuccini The problem is that you literally cannot prove that any of those things are true, then you, as most of the lawmakes, is acting emotionally.
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@gonzog8d I'm sorry buddy, please show me in this socialist doll where the austrian economists touched you.
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Obviously if he proved that prediction markets were actually good at predicting the future, and that crypto was the reasonable way to finance that market, then his conclusion would be valid, no circular reasoning here.
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 @vespuccini Nothing is good for a legal defense if it does not appease some ruler, what this even means?
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@vespuccini Oh, this is true. Sometimes it works tho, if you are truly crazy you can't control yourself and this can count as a "defense" in court.
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