Are the lotteries the opiate of the people?

[MarcusA]

George Orwell thought so. He thought the lotteries were delaying the revolution.

[MarcusA]

"The revolution will not be televised."

[No one]

Yes it will.

[MarcusA]

The revolution's fought and won on the inside.

[Asmodean]

Yeah, that depends a lot. If there is a draft for a war, I'd find it difficult to argue how that sort of lottery is comparable to a drug. On the other hand, a one-armed bandit, all blinky and shiny and occasionally dishing out a fistful of coins, or a numbers game with a one to two hundred million odds of a ten-fifteen million reward..? Yeah, those be addictive.

[No one]

Some jackpots ain't what they're cracked up to be.

[Asmodean]

Indeed.

[MarcusA]

Some jackpots ain't what they're cracked up to be.

Heaven sounds like hell to me.

[billy rubin]

George Orwell thought so. He thought the lotteries were delaying the revolution.

where did he write that?

the road to wigan pier?

down and out?

[MarcusA]

George Orwell thought so. He thought the lotteries were delaying the revolution.

where did he write that?

the road to wigan pier?

down and out?

1984