Why the Lottery don't and can't work.

[Black_Bird]

Isn't it obvious?

Now listen closely boys and girls; all eco-political systems are pretty much even. The problem is with the people you place in charge and how they handle that power, not the inherent flaws in a system, because the biggest inherent flaw of all systems of government is that it relies on human beings to run it.

 

[CoolidgEffect]

I thought this thread was for the mathematically challenged.

 

[Silverluna]

do i even dare to comment?

how very conservative of you.

 

[Black_Bird]

Re: do i even dare to comment?

how very conservative of you.

No; it wasn't conservative at all. Did you read what I said? I said that all eco-political systems are equal; that includes all forms of government, even the so-called icky leftist ones.

 

[patient1]

Here I thought you were going to explain about how lotteries are at best, something like Roulette, odds are you'll only recover half of what you put into it over time.

Or that lotteries were really just a tax on people who are bad at math.

 

[Silverluna]

well its like blaming fast food for the child's obesity....

its the parents who let the child eat like a piggy...not the system.

 

[Silverluna]

don't you ever read?

"The Lottery". it works. we don't know or care why.

 

[Black_Bird]

Re: don't you ever read?

"The Lottery". it works. we don't know or care why.

Spin the glass bottle.

 

[CoolidgEffect]

Silverluna -

You've read Animal Farm.

 

[Silverluna]

Re: Re: don't you ever read?

Spin the glass bottle.

no the mysterious black box.....and inside is a black dot on a piece of paper....the rest are blanks....men and boys each pick one...who ever has the spot..is "it" .....


For more information on mass executions please go to your local library and read this charming short story..... Thank you.

 

[Silverluna]

Silverluna -

You've read Animal Farm.

more or less...

 

[SilvaTungDevil]

Check this out. The first year the lottery became legal in Missouri, my grandfather won $100k TWICE! Of course he pretty much got hooked and pissed it back into the lottery over the course of the next 15 years.