“Compound interest is the greatest moral achievement of human civilization”
Agree
- Rewards delayed gratification and planning
- Enables intergenerational wealth building democratically
- Aligns individual benefit with societal growth
- Makes time itself productive for everyone
Disagree
- Compound interest enslaves debtors exponentially
- Primarily benefits those with excess capital
- Drives inequality through exponential returns
- Extracts wealth without creating value
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