Have lots of those in Oregon. They are required to sell some food so they aren't just straight up gaming establishments, but is a semi government-sanctioned way to bend gambling laws. "Lotto Delis" they're sometimes called.
The problem in the US is that increasing productivity among individuals is not scaling evenly with increasing benefits for individuals. So despite the success of large scale agriculture or the efficiency offered by computers, it feels like "productivity for productivity's sake" at best or "productivity for the wealthiest individuals' sake" at worst. It is not productive for me to work harder at my job because it does not translate to any tangible benefit for me, my family, or my community. To me, this is what makes "productivity" feel like an abstract concept.
True, I sold my stash for a great fortune near the end of the game. It wasn't particularly worthwhile to have stockpiled as much as I did (though it was still fun, I really like crafting games).
Only been using it for a couple of hours, but have to say this is a super impressive Beta. Might be my bias towards original Sync, but so far this is easily outdoing the other Lemmy clients I've tried (Jerboa, Connect, Liftoff).
To add to this, in this case there is even some rationale for being closed source - given the critical nature of the code, less visibility means availability to examine it for exploit opportunities. But that's just one side of it, right? Open source might mean more opportunities to find and fix possible exploits as well.
Lori Denae - 16 monthly listeners. Kinda Wanna is a great song.
Maida Rose - 1,192 monthly listeners. Harmony of Heartache is great too!