Poker blows

I once read an investigative article in Reader’s Digest detailing the planned introduction of cigar smoking in society. Turns out none of those movies (Independence Day, etc) and magazine covers (Arnold and Demi Moore) were the results of creative decisions. They were bought by an industry that made a killing on poor saps who suddenly, as if from out of the blue, thought it was cool to smoke cigars. Meanwhile, rich saps bought $2,000 humidors and bored each other with stories of rare Cubans. We were all made to believe it was a trend sprung from normal people that cigar companies just happened to capitalize on. In reality, it was all planned from the top.

While this fleecing was going on, very few people thought it was also cool to give away their money by gambling. Now, as if by a random trend (again), we all do. We have been brainwashed to believe that poker and slot machines and casinos are what we should devote our leisure time to. And gambling companies are swimming in cash.

Can somebody please expose this? Reader’s Digest? Anybody?