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mpalmer | on: Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story
Why do you apparently like a system that lets people bet on atrocities and then take steps to make said atrocities more likely?
qsera | parent | next
So you are saying that if business entity starts a pharma company that creates a drug for some kind of novel disease, but the disease does not currently exist, they will take steps to make an epidemic of it more likely?
colesantiago | parent
And you think banning it would 100% work?

and where did I say I liked it?

mpalmer | root | parent
I'm not responding to your gish gallop BS.

Why do you (obviously) think betting markets are good?