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minus-squareCurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·20 hours agoThe idea that 70% of lottery winners lose all their winnings isn’t true. It’s based on a fake statistic. The news loves to highlight the cases where that’s true because it reinforces the cultural notion that wealth is tied to morality. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/21/belief-in-a-lottery-curse-is-comforting-but-winning-lots-of-money-does-make-you-happy
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoThe cultural notion: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic
minus-squaremeyotch@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·20 hours agoYeah that’s one if those truthy sayings that no one really looks into. I completely agree the point of the lie is to convince poorer people that they aren’t good enough, smart enough to handle wealth.
minus-squareCrazyslinkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·20 hours agoEveryone knows 50%of statistics are made up. This is 100% true half the time because the internet.
The idea that 70% of lottery winners lose all their winnings isn’t true. It’s based on a fake statistic.
The news loves to highlight the cases where that’s true because it reinforces the cultural notion that wealth is tied to morality.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/21/belief-in-a-lottery-curse-is-comforting-but-winning-lots-of-money-does-make-you-happy
The cultural notion: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic
Yeah that’s one if those truthy sayings that no one really looks into.
I completely agree the point of the lie is to convince poorer people that they aren’t good enough, smart enough to handle wealth.
Everyone knows 50%of statistics are made up.
This is 100% true half the time because the internet.
Damn that’s messed up, yo.