Krauerking@lemy.lol to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile storywww.timesofisrael.comexternal-linkmessage-square157linkfedilinkarrow-up1726
arrow-up1726external-linkGamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile storywww.timesofisrael.comKrauerking@lemy.lol to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square157linkfedilink
minus-squarea4ng3l@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up136·1 month agoMost cyberpunk read today. How that shit is not illegal is beyond me. Gambling is already predatory but outside of sports and in fucking armed conflicts is abhorrent.
minus-squareEvotech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoWe are in the crime is legal era
minus-squareGraniteM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoCrime is legal… to the degree that you are sufficiently connected. 🔲 - White 🔲 - Male 🔲 - Cis 🔲 - Hetero 🔲 - Christian (preferably conservative evangelical Protestant) 🔲 - Politically conservative 🔲 - Wealthy The more of these you can check off, the more crimes are legal. “For my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law.”
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoCrime is legal for the powerful. Skin color and religion varies by country.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoBecause Trump took charge of the SEC. The crypto just handles payments - the market itself is centralized and exists with the permission of the state. Wake me up when there’s a bet that angers people in power, it gets censored, and someone launches a fully p2p version.
Most cyberpunk read today.
How that shit is not illegal is beyond me. Gambling is already predatory but outside of sports and in fucking armed conflicts is abhorrent.
We are in the crime is legal era
Crime is legal… to the degree that you are sufficiently connected.
🔲 - White
🔲 - Male
🔲 - Cis
🔲 - Hetero
🔲 - Christian (preferably conservative evangelical Protestant)
🔲 - Politically conservative
🔲 - Wealthy
The more of these you can check off, the more crimes are legal.
“For my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law.”
Crime is legal for the powerful.
Skin color and religion varies by country.
Because Trump took charge of the SEC. The crypto just handles payments - the market itself is centralized and exists with the permission of the state.
Wake me up when there’s a bet that angers people in power, it gets censored, and someone launches a fully p2p version.