[Luxoris]

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However you can look at non-US play for parallels to AC, which avoids the complexity of those barriers...ie wrt to non-US play online gambling is largely unregulated

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That's very myopic. When certain people are arbitrarily excluded from the market, it affects everyone.

Let's say I run a porn site for 100 people in an office building. I get paid per time spent on my site. Things are going great, and as the revenue comes in I'm able to hire better and better models, and my site is improving rapidly. One wing of the office building is no longer allowed to view pornography. Now only 50 people have the option to view my site. Do you think this will have no effect on the quality of service I am able to offer (and thus the quality of service the "unregulated" half is able to receive)?

Countries are imaginary lines. But human coexistence has tangible consequence, and we do coexist with people who live outside of our imaginary lines. So when you harm one you are harming others too (even if maybe to a smaller degree). And reciprocally, when one prospers, it helps the rest of us too.

The European market IS effectively regulated, because they are not allowed to reap the benefits that would come if the sites they use were able to do business with people in the US.

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If this were true then you are tacitly admitting that the entire world would have to be AC for any given society to be truly AC.

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lol.

Why don't you start by explaining to me why what I said might possibly not be true.

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Its irrelevant whether its true or not. If its true, AC can only exist if the entire world is AC (which is an admission that AC is impossible). If its false then its a demonstration of the failure of a "near AC" market.