• Art35ian@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I hate this argument.

    What happened to being an adult and not signing your name to stupid shit you can’t afford?

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        11 months ago

        Compound interest has been a thing since the Babylonians, 2,000BC, and they understood it from clay tablets.

        If you don’t understand it 4,023 years later with a iPhone in your pocket, you’re an idiot.

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          11 months ago

          I mean, you’re not wrong, but I think their point was it’s morally wrong, not confusing.

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          11 months ago

          Since the 1950s, America has demonstrably engaged in dumbing down its population. You’re right, personal accountability is king, but that’s assuming you’re dealing with a populace that has critical thinking skills and not addicted to bullshit consumerism delivered by dogmatic “Free-est country on Earth” propaganda.

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      Predatory capitalism happened. And a system of society that doesn’t afford everyone an equal opportunity to take advantage of such a system.