Although I do agree with the arguments of the writer concerning the odds, it is an article clearly written from the viewpoint of someone who belongs to the (upper) middle class, probably academically trained and with a reasonable payed job or peers or family who are financially supportive.
The article lacks to identify the reasons (which ARE rational) of (mostly) lower class income people to play the lottery.
As an excercise in empathy for the writer I do put forward the following scenario's:
Suppose you are stuck in a dead end boring job or no job scenario, living from health care, etc. Although most educated people believe this is a situation they will... (read 449 more words →)
Although I do agree with the arguments of the writer concerning the odds, it is an article clearly written from the viewpoint of someone who belongs to the (upper) middle class, probably academically trained and with a reasonable payed job or peers or family who are financially supportive.
The article lacks to identify the reasons (which ARE rational) of (mostly) lower class income people to play the lottery.
As an excercise in empathy for the writer I do put forward the following scenario's:
Suppose you are stuck in a dead end boring job or no job scenario, living from health care, etc. Although most educated people believe this is a situation they will... (read 449 more words →)