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You seem to be also missing the point of these lottery retailers being disproportionately clustered in the poor Black neighborhoods. The "math problem" also in

by Tozen 4y ago

You seem to be also missing the point of these lottery retailers being disproportionately clustered in the poor Black neighborhoods. The "math problem" also involves pushing the distribution of the "vice" off on them (where such people are more desperate to escape their circumstances), then negating any overall or possible benefit to those poor Blacks that don't have such a vice (like kids) and need greater educational funding and opportunities.

landemva 4y ago
> those poor Blacks This is patronizing and wrong. Math skills are also lacking in many white communities. Maybe it is more about cultural acceptance than math skills.
- diordiderot 4y ago
  This sounds like a dog whistle. Denying effects of systemic racism and blaming 'culture'
- bobkazamakis 4y ago
  misquoting someone is an interesting way to dog whistle
Aunche 4y ago
Gambling is a vice and pretending that it's not doesn't help people. You do receive utility from buying a single lottery ticket, because it allows you to dream, but that's not something that scales with increased spending. Beyond that, it is never a rational decision to buy lottery tickets. You're almost always going to be happier if you put that money aside in an emergency fund. In the past, you'd be able to use the excuse of poor people being underbanked, but these days there are plenty of fee-free online banks.
- Tozen 4y ago
  You are misunderstanding the point that I made. I'm not saying that gambling isn't a vice nor am I condoning such behavior, put rather the state allowing or pushing such a vice disproportionally into poor Black neighborhoods is a demonstration of being corrupt and exploitative. Selling nearly unachievable "dreams" to poor desperate people is depravity, even more so when the state is sanctioning the marketing and advertising campaigns being directed at them. The view of such a situation is further demonstrated by the state minimizing any possible benefits from the profits of the lotteries to the same Black poor neighborhoods they are taking advantage of. They are primarily funneling money out of those neighborhoods, from the people that can least afford it, to any and everywhere else.

by Tozen 4y ago

landemva 4y ago

> those poor Blacks This is patronizing and wrong. Math skills are also lacking in many white communities. Maybe it is more about cultural acceptance than math skills.

diordiderot 4y ago
This sounds like a dog whistle. Denying effects of systemic racism and blaming 'culture'
bobkazamakis 4y ago
misquoting someone is an interesting way to dog whistle

Aunche 4y ago

Gambling is a vice and pretending that it's not doesn't help people. You do receive utility from buying a single lottery ticket, because it allows you to dream, but that's not something that scales with increased spending. Beyond that, it is never a rational decision to buy lottery tickets. You're almost always going to be happier if you put that money aside in an emergency fund. In the past, you'd be able to use the excuse of poor people being underbanked, but these days there are plenty of fee-free online banks.

Tozen 4y ago
You are misunderstanding the point that I made. I'm not saying that gambling isn't a vice nor am I condoning such behavior, put rather the state allowing or pushing such a vice disproportionally into poor Black neighborhoods is a demonstration of being corrupt and exploitative. Selling nearly unachievable "dreams" to poor desperate people is depravity, even more so when the state is sanctioning the marketing and advertising campaigns being directed at them. The view of such a situation is further demonstrated by the state minimizing any possible benefits from the profits of the lotteries to the same Black poor neighborhoods they are taking advantage of. They are primarily funneling money out of those neighborhoods, from the people that can least afford it, to any and everywhere else.