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Re:Betting on the Pope was the original prediction market by _fat_santa on Friday March 07, 2025 @12:42PM (#43292228)
Tangentially related but I watched a Wendover video on The Vatican[1] yesterday and it helps explain the political side of the papacy.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zQ8cFF3DG8

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Re:Betting on the Pope was the original prediction market by agubelu on Friday March 07, 2025 @03:23PM (#43294151)
To add to this, if anyone's interested in the history and geopolitics of the Vatican and understands Spanish, here's an excellent podcast that goes way more in depth about the topic:

https://youtu.be/apCBwjxaLO4

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