Do anarchists support the Republicans' anti-gambling bill?

[AbolishAnarchism]

After all, anarchists are opposed to profit, and the entire point of gambling is to make a profit.

So if I wish to have poker-and-beer night with the guys under an anarchist society, the anarchists use force stop us? This is the "freedom" I'll be getting in an anarchist society?

The anarchists continue chanting their tired mantra: "No masters! No masters!"

But who is listening?

And who do they think are they kidding?

If one truly believes there should be "no masters," one should reject the foolish dogma of "anarchism" and once again face reality.

Anarchism: totalitarianism in disguise.

[Pomegranate]

what a genius! you've finally done it, you've found the big loophole! we'll all have to renounce anarchism when faced with the brute force of your logic.

[Guest]

no money, no gambling.

duh.

[|Y|]

What? We can't play strip poker? WTF ever.

Nice straw man AbolishAnarchism. Too bad it falls in the face of reality.

[MilitancyFetish]

So if I wish to have poker-and-beer night with the guys under an anarchist society, the anarchists use force stop us?

You could always play with metal washers or toothpicks instead of money.

[AbolishAnarchism]

Will wine be banned in an anarchist society, as well? Since the value of wine increases over time, anybody who owns wine is a capitalist, right?

[MilitancyFetish]

Will wine be banned in an anarchist society, as well? Since the value of wine increases over time, anybody who owns wine is a capitalist, right?

By "value," I take it you mean monetary value? As far as I am concerned, any wine that tastes good and gets me drunk has value.

[FuzzBeast]

YAY FOR BOXED WINE!

well, i dunno about tasting good, but it gets you drunk as a skunk...

[|Y|]

Will wine be banned in an anarchist society, as well? Since the value of wine increases over time, anybody who owns wine is a capitalist, right?

There will invariably be things that have instrinsic "value" to them. Even if we had a nice time energy economy people will still think diamonds dug up from the ground are more valuable than those made in a lab (indistinguishable from one another, btw).

But it really doesn't matter. It's more likely than not that wine making would become more pervasive as more and more people stop needing to work these highly repetitive jobs and actually, you know, sit back and relax with their lives. Winemaking itself is not all that of a labor intensive process.

[MilitancyFetish]

Winemaking itself is not all that of a labor intensive process.

I haven't made any wine yet. I have, however, made homebrewed beer. It is fun, easy, has a higher alcohol content, and tastes WAAAAY better than anything you can buy commercially.

[|Y|]

I've made my own vodka/moonshine, it was fun. And awesome. This was when I was like 18 or something and my family was always against alcohol. So we got a book from the library and made our own (with surprisingly few mishaps). Beautiful shit. Goes down with a bite but has a serious kick to it. A still is an extremely simple device, which is why there is no real historical evidence of when it came into creation. It's just been around since the dawn of the human species.

[Guest]

alcohol is the urine of yeast.

[MilitancyFetish]

Then give me another drink of urine, please!

[|Y|]

I've been ACHING for a bloody mary recently but I haven't had the time/energy to make myself one.

[Aaronmedia]

So why do people feel the need to gamble? Why do casinos make huge profits?

Root of the problem, yo.