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Re:How to Solve Your Big Problems, by Solving Your *Real* Pr... by ajkjk on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @10:27AM (#36695048)
As you are no doubt aware, if you're evaluating if a thing is good or bad you have to consider its net effect, not a couple isolated examples. This is just a "smoking feels good and well I didn't get lung cancer" argument.
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Re:How to Solve Your Big Problems, by Solving Your *Real* Pr... by hammock on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @11:02AM (#36695581)
My uncle plays at the Mirage, so excess profits benefit a forgotten community (the Seminole tribe) that was historically and brutally marginalized by the privileged ‘society’ whose net effect you are considering.

The lottery proceeds fund public schools.

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Re:How to Solve Your Big Problems, by Solving Your *Real* Pr... by ajkjk on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @11:42AM (#36696248)
As with all things: if you ignore all the downsides, yes, the upsides look good.
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Re:How to Solve Your Big Problems, by Solving Your *Real* Pr... by WarOnPrivacy on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @11:39AM (#36696207)
> The lottery proceeds fund public schools.

Because a corresponding amount of general budget funds were diverted away from schools, the inference is untrue.

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Re:How to Solve Your Big Problems, by Solving Your *Real* Pr... by hammock on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @11:46AM (#36696338)
Darn can’t get anything right. Just tell me who to vote for so I can get back to my shows
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Re:How to Solve Your Big Problems, by Solving Your *Real* Pr... by plagiarist on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @12:31PM (#36697155)
The uncle that won $10,000? So that little tidbit wasn't good after all, he was stealing money from a historically marginalized community. And the lotto winner was similarly taking money from public schools.
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