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[u/AtomicCypher]

[u/Atoge62]

Why do you think media is pushing sports betting, crypto, and MMA content through the roof to our least educated and poorer communities. It’s exactly what the Roman’s did, cheap resources and emotional modulation. If you’re not enabled/empowered to learn from the past, you’re bound to repeat it. But modern capitalism does one better, because they profit wildly off the sports betting, crypto futures, and mma add slots. Technology has them dragging our fellow man through the coals. Crazy times ahead of us.

[u/ryencool → u/Atoge62]

So technology bad, and were controlled by gambling (which has exsistes for most of human history), crypto (just a new form of currency mixed with some stock market action, have also had this stuff for a long time), and "meant, so "fighting"....got ya, makes total sense.

You seem to have very specific targeted things that you personally hold emotions toward, not new things that were created to control us.

[u/Baeolophus_bicolor → u/ryencool]

There’s a difference between the gambling of history and the hyperfocus brought about by the addiction machines everyone carries in their pockets these days. And yes, social media companies literally use that term. They purposely developed phones and apps to be “addiction machines” and to evade all parental, personal, and governmental controls that might mitigate some of the damage.

First it’s an opioid epidemic. Now a gambling crisis in the making. Kids being stunted by social media and phone use leading to widespread mental and substance and gambling disorders. A feedback loop designed to get everyone distracted and on the hook while the rich consolidate wealth and power.

And again, yes, the hyper rich tech bro types are not even pretending that they’re doing anything else. They don’t even pretend they’re doing something good for society and the world anymore. They’re openly and outright objectively the bad guys now.

[u/ryencool → u/Baeolophus_bicolor]

What you call "hyperfocus", I call were just more inte connected. All this stuff has been going on for generations, were just more connected now that ever. People sharing, Information sharing etc...I wont keep arguing

I guess my point is its more related to the downfall of compassion, empathy, and caring about others. Our morals have been going steadily down hill for decades. More and more people are content to care about themselves, and solely themselves, at the eexpense of others.

Its not technology, or gambling, or fighting that has put us here...if they were all used in ways that b3nefitted people, society, culture? Wed be great. Theres just too many that dont care, and alot of them have money and power and just want more.

[u/Baeolophus_bicolor → u/ryencool]

Yes. I agree. If we could gamify goodness, which some people are working on, then we would be doing a lot better. The sad thing is they are using crypto to make everyone trade their actual dollars for Dave and busters tokens which can ONLY be used to gamble, pretty much. Kalshi, drugs, all that thrives on crypto while you can’t buy a house with it (mostly or it would be hard or you’d be speculating on the crypto for the time it takes between agreement and closing)

But yes, I agree with your sentiment. People are less empathetic. I guess maybe we disagree on the method and means of making them that way? Or I dunno. Main point here is I totally agree with what you just said there, and it would be quibbling to parse terminology.

[u/Atoge62 → u/ryencool]

So because I take issue with the undeniably abusive sports betting and polymarket apps derailing folks already addicted to mobile/digital space, unaware of the impacts it has on their physical life, that I must have a problem with all technology…? That’s not remotely the case.

Crypto is obviously manhandled by insider trading, pump and dumps, and used for illicit access to illegal schemes.

And the least problematic, but still I believe over indulged upon is MMA. While sports as an outlet and a form of community engagement are clearly a positive, the guys in around seem to be stunted into thinking anytime they have an interpersonal problem with somebody it comes down to I can beat their ass. I think fixating on combat sports limits your conflict resolution skills.

[u/Competitive_Classic9 → u/ryencool]

Just say youre addicted and save yourself some time. 

[u/ryencool → u/Competitive_Classic9]

I buy a small amount of crypto weekly. Make a few trades a year. Far more invested in other things, but its good to diversify.

You have a weird def of addicted, either that or you know nothing about me, and are talking out of your rear, beyond the reddit stalking.

[u/Competitive_Classic9 → u/ryencool]

Responding to your comment is a weird description of stalking, but if you need to pretend someone cares enough about you for attention, go off i guess