"Prediction markets aren't good at producing information, but they're amazing at producing corruption. Polymarket and Kalshi have at last realized the unhinged fantasy of "assassination markets" – where you stochastically murder someone by putting up huge wagers at favorable odds that your target will be killed. Anyone can collect the wager by putting up a small counterwager and then bumping off the victim. But, as Protos's Cas Piancey and Mark Toon note, Polymarket and Kalshi know what side their bread is buttered on – they have banned bets on Trump's death (Trump's sons are heavily invested in both Polymarket and Kalshi)" — @pluralistic

this shit is biblically demonic. the eschaton is immanentized, folx. better strap in.

@saltywizard @pluralistic
Further proof that gaining and maintaining wealth above and beyond your fellow man corrodes any sense of duty to your society.