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Re: Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

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Post by kodegod69 » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC

kingleopold wrote: post #8

cyanydeez wrote: post #2

'Capitalism': the inevitable reduction of all humanity to fungible currency

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Sure keep saying that to yourself. All of you sound so damn sure when speaking about socialism. Like the first nation to pierce the firmament of human fabric wasn't a socialist one. And that the union wasn't making great strides in technology.

Re: Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

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Post by croes » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC

kingleopold wrote: post #8

cyanydeez wrote: post #2

'Capitalism': the inevitable reduction of all humanity to fungible currency

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Capitalism neither prevents gulags nor famines.

And you can bet (pun intended) someone will create them on purpose if they can make profit from it

Re: Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

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Post by logicchains » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 1:40 PM UTC

croes wrote: post #12

kingleopold wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Capitalism neither prevents gulags nor famines. And you can bet (pun intended) someone will create them on purpose if they can make profit from it

Please do share what capitalist country had a famine in the past century.

Re: Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

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Post by Throaway199999 » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 1:42 PM UTC

Chrisszz wrote: post #4

This is becoming the kind of "VC platform for online war investments". You: 1. Plan 2. Bet 3. Invest money upfront 4. Execute 5. Redeem your profits

honestly the profits aren't big enough when you can just go into business if you have that kind of influence

Re: Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

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Post by logicchains » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 1:43 PM UTC

kodegod69 wrote: post #11

kingleopold wrote: post #8

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Sure keep saying that to yourself. All of you sound so damn sure when speaking about socialism. Like the first nation to pierce the firmament of human fabric wasn't a socialist one. And that the union wasn't making great strides in technology.

Such great strides in technology, their standard of living was so high that their president was literally shocked just by the abundance of food in a normal western grocery story.

Re: Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

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Post by deadbabe » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 1:43 PM UTC

kodegod69 wrote: post #11

kingleopold wrote: post #8

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Sure keep saying that to yourself. All of you sound so damn sure when speaking about socialism. Like the first nation to pierce the firmament of human fabric wasn't a socialist one. And that the union wasn't making great strides in technology.

Whether you like it or not, socialism is the key.

Re: Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

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Post by airstrike » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 1:44 PM UTC

cyanydeez wrote: post #2

'Capitalism': the inevitable reduction of all humanity to fungible currency

Capitalism is just a projection of our natural competition for scarce resources onto an economic system.

Re: Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

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Post by forinti » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 1:47 PM UTC

croes wrote: post #12

kingleopold wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Capitalism neither prevents gulags nor famines. And you can bet (pun intended) someone will create them on purpose if they can make profit from it

Doesn't the US already have an above average incarceration rate and private prisons? Maybe, just maybe, there's some relation?

Re: Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

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Post by ModernMech » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC

PowerElectronix wrote: post #5

cyanydeez wrote: post #2

'Capitalism': the inevitable reduction of all humanity to fungible currency

Betting with one another predates any notion of capitalism, or economy.

True, but capitalism eventually makes gambling the whole economy.

Re: Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

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Post by forinti » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC

logicchains wrote: post #13

croes wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Capitalism neither prevents gulags nor famines. And you can bet (pun intended) someone will create them on purpose if they can make profit from it

Please do share what capitalist country had a famine in the past century.

Lots of African countries have market economies and also poverty and hunger.