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posted 1 year ago by fillybon on scored.co (+0 / -0 / +38Score on mirror )
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FN57 on scored.co
1 year ago 0 points (+0 / -0 ) 1 child
Such a retarded take.

If I loan you anything, anything, you have to pay me for it. That includes money - there's a risk I don't get it back.
Erase99 on scored.co
1 year ago 2 points (+0 / -0 / +2Score on mirror ) 1 child
Even the pre-Christian Greeks considered earning interest on money to be worthy of death.
FN57 on scored.co
1 year ago 0 points (+0 / -0 ) 1 child
If I lend something to you, there's a chance you damage it or never give it back. I'm going to charge a fee, require a deposit, something. You are arguing against a principle as basic as supply&demand
Erase99 on scored.co
1 year ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror ) 1 child
No, I'm not. You are talking about compensation for lost or damage goods. Interest is the earning of money without anything being produced. If you borrow $100 from me, and you pay it back in 1 year, if I charge you $110, this is interest. The $100 has not been "damaged". The interest earned is a completely different concept from money held as security against a borrowed item.
FN57 on scored.co
1 year ago 0 points (+0 / -0 ) 1 child
> You are talking about compensation for lost or damage goods

Paid with the loan, based on how much your borrowed and how much time you have my money. Call it an annual percentage rate.

> Interest is the earning of money without anything being produced.

You told me you were doing something with the money. If you borrow my hammer to build a shed, pay me. If you borrow 10k to build up a business, pay me.

Basic supply and demand. I have something you want. Pay me.

Anytime I lend anything out, I'm risking not getting it back, to only getting part of it back, to wear and tear. For money, I'm losing out on it being available to me. Pay me.

You economic policy goes against nature.
Erase99 on scored.co
1 year ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror ) 1 child
" I'm risking not getting it back"
As I said, something can be provided as collateral against the loan, but when I return the item, I'm getting all of my collateral back.

"For money, I'm losing out on it being available to me. "
If you feel that way, don't lend your items out. If people had a choice between paying interest and not paying interest, no one would chose paying interest. Basic supply and demand, as you call it. Interest is how the worldwide jew community built its wealth. Interest has enabled the worst sort of people in history. We would be better off without it, and there's a reason the ancients considered it equal to murder and punishable by death. The God of the Bible told the Hebrews they could only charge interest to nations practicing sex magic. This is how vile interest on money is.
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