All he’s doing here is outlining an unhealthy relationship why a classification like this should exist , in no way does anything he has written there exonerate or excuse any anticonsumer or predatory business practices.
His point is that some people are legitimately vulnerable to [insert thing].
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Zarek_Kree:
What you’re describing is a reasonably healthy relationship with gambling . But when it’s diagnosed as a disorder, it’s because it’s become an unhealthy relationship - not because it replaces real life activities, but because it has become detrimental to basic life functions.
If you gamble every free minute, that’s a reasonable lifestyle choice (even if it wouldn’t be everybody’s). But if you’re so focused on gambling that you lose your job, can’t pay your bills, your wife leaves you and it ultimately makes you unhappy, yet you still can’t stop, then that’s not a lifestyle choice anymore. That’s a harmful compulsion no different than any other psychological compulsion that creates a cascade of negative impacts.
These aren’t things that can be objectively defined by the number of hours you gamble or the opportunity costs involved. It’s going to be different for every person. Even good things can be unhealthy when they interfere with basic living functions.
See the point.