Re: Is poker an ethical way to make a living?
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There are more ways to provide to society than just what your job is.
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In general, this is wrong. If you're not getting paid for it, then society doesn't value it. Obviously, there are some exceptions, but they are few and far between (Also, note that you can get "paid" in things other than money - but again, this is a rare case).
Is poker an ethical way to make a living? Inherently, it's neither ethical nor unethical. It depends on the player.
A more interesting question (which above posters are digging at) is "does a professional poker player contribute to society?" The only meaningful way to answer this is to determine of playing poker contributes to GDP. I'm not convinced either way, but the answer is probably "no." In any case, it doesn't really matter, as any individual poker player's GDP contribution will always be near zero (relatively), because playing poker can never create massive amounts of wealth (e.g. you don't have any product you can export).
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