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> This sort of event would be less likely if America's wealth disparity weren't so grotesquely skewed.

Highly unlikely. It doesn’t matter how rich the rich are if you’re poor and want to gamble your way out. The problem is with poverty, which is completely unrelated to wealth disparity.

One you can fix by making life worse for everyone, the other you can fix by making life better for the poor.



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