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Old 04-17-2020, 06:23 PM   #11
Tyrone Slothrop
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Re: Jubilee

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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield View Post
That's exactly why we need forgiveness. If you offer it, the fiction is retained. It's beneficence. If we allow a shitshow to happen where debtors default en masse or go on debt strikes (like many renters are doing already), the fiction's gone.

But there is a silver lining to that... When no on trusts anyone to pay anything, rates fly. We could use some high rates at some point.
The people who care about their credit scores and can pay their bills are still going to pay their bills.
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