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Trying to re-sell kindness? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] -2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Eh, I’ve lived in plenty of poor neighborhoods. The lotto tickets basically coat the gas station parking lot like a paper mache.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Of course they do, they are designed to be that way - they are super cheap and sell you a chance for a better life. They are made to exploit people that are permanently stuck in poverty hell and hope is the only thing left.

    Once again, blaming the victims and not the oppressor.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    When did I blame the victim? Why even frame it that way?

    I grew up poor and around poor people in poor neighborhoods. It’s what the poor do. You wanna argue about improving their lot, sure, but half the mothers in my neighborhood would sell anything they could for a hit of hope or faux luxury. My own mother stole from me.

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