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The American Plutocracy Wants Workers Trapped in Debt (jacobin.com)
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[–] 27 points 2 months ago (4 children)

This is what parasitic elites have wanted since before the invention of coinage.

Hyjacking the social infrastructure of personal debts was one of the earliest strategies to maintain power over others.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    'Hyjacking the social infrastructure of personal debts was one of the earliest strategies to maintain power over others.'

    exactly the reason we have fiat currency.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I think the invention of religion predates that of personal debt. Religion/mysticism was the first large scale. systemic exercise of power over others: "Give me your food and possessions and I will bring us good luck." or "tell you the mysteries of the world", or whatever scam worked.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    I believe the concept of debt is observable in other primates' behaviour, so it likely goes back to our last common ancestor at least with chimps, if not further back. So probably debt predates homo.

    I think debt comes before religion, is what i mean.

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