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That's a dumb argument with survivor's bias. The lottery is external to them and present vanishingly-small winnings to people at random without affirmative agen
by sacnoradhq 4y ago
That's a dumb argument with survivor's bias. The lottery is external to them and present vanishingly-small winnings to people at random without affirmative agency.
People who participate in lotteries are statistically poorer.
https://journalistsresource.org/economics/research-review-lotteries-demographics/ https://journalistsresource.org/economics/research-review-lo...
https://themillionairenextdoor.com/2011/09/any-economically-successful-man-doesnt-gamble/ https://themillionairenextdoor.com/2011/09/any-economically-...
- mypornaccount 4y agoAre you an AI who can’t understand metaphors?
- sacnoradhq 4y agoThat's rude and unhelpful. Read the linked material. The metaphor of bootstraps was an impossible and Quixotic feat like perpetual motion that became coopted as a celebrated mythology of "self-made". There is no such animal, friend.
- ilyt 4y agoIt was in the 50's, not now. The world looked a bit fucking different than now.