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Lottery's the expected value is always lower than the prize of a ticket. And even if you win it is on the back of other poor desparete people who lost. An then there is the fact winning often leads to a lot of other problems.
Battle Passes
But in history it took forever for people in Holland to realize that Tulips are not worth entire plots of land
Phoebus Cartel, essentially the few oligopolistic light bulb companies got together and colluded and intentionally reduced the lifespan of light bulbs.
Neoliberalism!
The second is financialization.
Both are huge scams still running.
The Bernie Madoff investment scandal. Started in the 1970βs and continued into the 2000βs. It eventually dissolved in 2008 during the financial crisis. Thereβs a really great documentary on Netflix about it.
The one I'm running right now, and you don't have a clue, Kevin!
1950 to present antipsychotics whose severe side effects are written off as crazy talk.
FΓ³sil fuels
Religion
Are we allowed to mention capitalism and brexit?