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I suppose its better that a tax on the innumerate and superstitious gets collected by a community member who has some skin-in-the-game when it comes to the community's health, as opposed to outside organized crime or local government, who have an indifferent or outright hostile attitude towards the health of that community.

Yeah weird the article didn't push back. Lotteries don't create wealth (except for the person running the lottery). If NAACP was funded by a tax on the innumerate and superstitious, well fine. That's how many states are run. But don't pretend its somehow virtuous.

I am happy, successful, married, no complaints, super fortunate.

And there isn't a day that goes by where I don't think of the teasing and physical injuries I suffered in middle school. I have no doubt it affects things like career decisions and my reactions to violent scenes in entertainment media. I am literally afraid of having children because I don't want to witness a loved one go through anything similar (or worse, have them experience cyber-bullying, which I think would be way worse).

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