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JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)
4. So fucking stupid & neo-puritanical
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 03:08 PM
Dec 2013

How about a resolution against the state's disgusting advertising campaigns pushing the lottery 24/7?

Nothing shows the hypocrisy of the present establishment than a comparison of publicly financed anti-smoking ads against those claiming that you could get filthy rich (and tell your boss to fuck off) if only you buy some lottery tickets and get yourself addicted to scratch-off cards. Which are attached to the big lie that the money goes for education!

And the common factor in both cases is revenue, from the lower classes to governments unwilling to tax the rich.

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