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loaning moneyFrom: Steven
Subject: Philosophy
Date/Time 2010-02-01 22:30:24
Remote IP: 76.247.133.202
Message>>>Usury certainly has had its place in your evolution.
:P
That's a pretty rude comment.
Don't apply global society behavior to me personally.
I was simply reporting on what has happened in societies
through history, and what is likely to happen again.
On an individual basis, I've always taken the attitude
that you should never loan money to other individuals.
If you can't give it freely, then you shouldn't give it.
Loaning it means that you are worried about getting it back
+ the other person having pressure to return it.
However, being part of the system means you have to
play the stupid game. Do I like having a TON of student
loan debt on my back so that I can get my advanced degree?
No. But I can't complain too much, because without
accepting that student loan debt or without having it
offered to me, I would NOT be able to work toward getting
the degree.
On that note, what type of society without a loan/debt
structure would allow me to spend my time studying academics
FOR YEARS without me "contributing" anything back to society?
Could I do what I'm doing now in a money-less society? Hard to say.
Long-term visions would be hard to accomplish without being
a freeloader.
In this system, who's taking advantage of who?
Am I taking advantage of society by "not contributing" and
taking the offered loan money so that I can spend my time
studying academics, OR is it society taking advantage of me
by putting me in a position where I'm saddled with monstrous
loads of debt that will take forever to repay?
S
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