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I’d say that propaganda is much worse and more harmful and it’s not even close. Nowadays like 50% of population believes that covid vaccines are harmful because of bullshit they read on the internet. Prediction market is not even in top 100 harmful things related to internet in my opinion.


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Barely anyone died from covid vaccine. Billions of doses were distributed, any serious side effects are extremely rare.


1.6 million verified injuries in the US from the vaccine and many more not classified or reported.

Myocarditis, Blood clot syndrome, Guillain‑Barré Syndrome, menstrual changes, Bell’s Palsy.

This is before the long term studies are even in. I think those who took the vaccine are in for long term health issues. That often happens with medicines haven't been tested.

At least you can sue.. Oh wait you can't.


We can walk and chew gum at the same time, the government can regulate thousands or millions of different types of things at the same time. It doesn’t make sense to say there’s stuff on the Internet that is worse therefore we cannot it should not do anything about it.


> It doesn’t make sense to say there’s stuff on the Internet that is worse therefore we cannot it should not do anything about it.

I don't know where you get that, the discussion is only about the claim that prediction markets are the worst thing on the internet. Multiple things can be bad without being the worst.


Folks are just contesting the hyperbole.




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