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Goes to Vegas.
"I don't care how dumb you think I am, I'm not playing the game your way. If I don't get four of a kind on the first deal, then I fold. Take my money, see if I give a fuck, I can always make more. I want fucking four of a kind, goddammit, and I want it on a fresh deal."
That's how you sound.
Oof, friend, you're going there? As someone that grew up near Vegas, let's go.
It's really more like:
Goes to Vegas. Knows the house always fucking wins. Went to dealers school and used to work on slot machines (for the sake of your analogy, this would be my degrees in political science and experience working with politicians and adjacent to politics, ugh)
Friends say let's go out! Sure, of course, it's expected others will want this even though you tell them the house always wins. Friend says: "The Bellagio is the BEST, I always win when I'm there! You're an idiot if you go to the Luxor! Their decks don't have any sevens!" OK, sure - both owned by MGM Group, so your money still goes to the same place. Still hangs with friends while understanding the context. Still gambles with money I expect to lose on solid bets or when the feeling is good. Occasionally wins and occasionally doesn't. Occasionally, rarely, even gets comped a drink. Doesn't NOT gamble like a prude.
Meanwhile, you're down $5K and still making the case about why only fools gamble at the Luxor, why it's hotel points and perks are the worst, something about the worst of capitalism, etc. etc. and talking up how much money you spend at the Bellagio because it's hotel's points system makes the most sense, why you buy expensive shit from the Bellagio mall as a slam on the Luxor, and something something free bottles of water in the room when you get to diamond silver medallion status! Yeah, buddy. Sure. OK, whatever you say. It's your right to spend your money how you want to spend your money, but maybe telling me how to spend mine isn't going over well.
To me, this is how you sound.
Your genuine inability to understand that is why Dems will always abuse you, guilt you for your for money, and field, at best, plastic centrist candidates that are stuffed suits kept alive by tubes full of money pumped into them by lobbyists. If everyone in the country registered to vote outside of a party and either of them had to earn votes, things would change. But your fear prevents you from seeing that.
I appreciate your attention to detail - but it's a metaphor, my friend. It's not meant to be literal.
Yes, the house always wins. But we are stuck in this casino. We can't leave this casino. So we pick the game that gives us the best odds at winning and we try.