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Re:Regulators Shut Down Lending Platform (YC Alum) LendUp by cowpig on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @09:29PM (#29657975)
1. That is a spurious quotation[1]

2. Your interpretation of its meaning is, frankly, bizarre

[1] https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/ete...

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Re:Regulators Shut Down Lending Platform (YC Alum) LendUp by zepto on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @10:23PM (#29658309)
The idea that financial predators are by design, is indeed bizarre.

However the idea that they are one of the kinds of threat that a democracy needs to be vigilant against doesn’t seem bizarre in the least.

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