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> Casino society The other day I read that Americans have a lottery jackpot in the BILLIONS of dollars. I’m not sure how to really put to words what I feel ab
by Waterluvian 10mo ago
> Casino society
The other day I read that Americans have a lottery jackpot in the BILLIONS of dollars.
I’m not sure how to really put to words what I feel about that. Something is very, very wrong there.
- sokoloff 10mo agoSub $1B cash value. Several hundred million after taxes. Dramatically life-changing for sure, but not even a single billion pre-tax, let alone plural.
- Waterluvian 10mo agoWhich has absolutely zero impact on how incredibly broken it makes that culture appear. It’s just breathtakingly screwed up. And even the “well actually it’s more like $900 million” speaks volumes. That doesn’t actually change a thing.
- llbbdd 10mo agoWhich number would make you more comfortable?
- Waterluvian 10mo ago$38,433,902.11