Re: What good are we? As poker players, are we socially responsible?
If the majority of players are gaining nothing from playing poker, why do they keep coming back? Poker provides the same thing any form of entertainment does. The same could be said about movies/music/television. These mediums take lots of money from the consumer for what? A couple of hours of escapism.
The money aspect of poker is not just a degenerate game of gambling. People want to test their skills for financial reward. There are many examples of this, Magic the gatrhering, backgammon, Pool, etc. The bigger the stakes the better the players.
Outside of people with gambling problems, I would have no problems taking peoples money. With todays online micro stakes, there should be no one spending more than they can afford to lose. So I really dont see what the problem is.
It would be better for society for you to play poker part time and do some volunteer work with all the free time you have, than spend 40-50 hours a week working for some greedy corporation.
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