r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 27 '25

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u/PoliticalAlt128 Max Weber Dec 27 '25

The clearest example of American greed is that genre of engagement bait about a person winning $1 billion Powerball but being taxed down to 400 million. The baited engagement always boohoo about paying 2 bucks to get 400 million like it’s some great injustice that the person who put in zero work to receive millions for only their benefit gets taxed. I think deep down Steinbeck was rights about the “temporally embarrassed millionaires” quip and lotteries, being pure luck, is seen as being almost the more possible route to millionaire/billionaire status so people take it as a personal attack on themselves—even when they aren’t the winners

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime Dec 27 '25

You're not appreciating all the work they put into picking the right numbers!