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JWestland
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Never underestimate the lure of the American dream that everyone has the chance to make it big. People’s utter failure to understand the odds that they will become rich beyond their dreams is depressing. Rather than vote for a system where the weakest are supported and there is a national social safety net vs the lottery that they might suddenly become wildly wealthy people chose the path where they will most likely be shafted.
It feels like some kind of collective gamblers fallacy. Despite the poverty gap increasing people assume at some point their numbers will come up on the lottery.