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Holding out the carrot of what sounds like a large payday to poor people in order to encourage them to do something that will financially destroy all participan
by downandout 11y ago
Holding out the carrot of what sounds like a large payday to poor people in order to encourage them to do something that will financially destroy all participants except the winner(s) sounds a lot like what the gaming/lottery industry does today. He didn't profit from it, but it's just as cruel and damaging. He may have viewed it as a practical joke, but the impoverished children that resulted from this probably didn't find it as funny.
- alextgordon 11y agoI'm sure they were quite happy with it. How can anyone regret their own birth?
- downandout 11y ago>I'm sure they were quite happy with it. A significant portion of the world's population lives in poverty and the resulting misery. Misery is far from "quite happy," and I suspect most of them wish their parents had some self-control.
- alextgordon 11y agoPeople who live in poverty aren't miserable. Far from it. They experience exactly the same gamut of emotion as you or me, including copious amounts of happiness. It is a very strong determination to make, that someone should wish they were never born, simply because their standard of living doesn't match what you think it should be.
- downandout 11y ago>People who live in poverty aren't miserable. Far from it You know this how exactly? I'm guessing you have never lived in poverty, but even if you have, you're making a demonstrably false generalization. Poverty permeates every aspect of the human experience. Studies have shown a clear correlation between it and suicide, likelihood of arrest and imprisonment, depression, and virtually every other negative thing a person can experience. Impoverished parents are inflicting their poverty on defenseless children that had no say in the matter.