Charging interest is immoral exploitation regardless of what modern banks normalized


Agree

  • Profiting from others' desperation is predatory
  • Debt compounds to trap people permanently
  • Ancient religions banned usury for good reason
  • Time value of money is accounting trick

Disagree

  • Lenders take risk and deserve compensation
  • Interest enables investment and economic growth
  • Nobody forces people to borrow money
  • Alternative is no lending at all

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