Re:Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely...
by luciusdomitius on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @08:22AM
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How can someone force you to take debt? Can you give one example when someone was punished physically for refusing to take debt?
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Re:Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely...
by HWR_14 on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @10:34AM
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Unconscious people being taken by an ambulance to the hospital. The falsely accused needing legal representation and to pay a bail bondsman to get out of prison.
Do those examples work for you for people being physically punished for refusing to take on debt? Because I'm also happy to include sick people who need medical care and people who need money for food/heat/shelter/clothiers as being punished physically for refusing to take on debt by being deprived of those things
Re:Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely...
by sudosysgen on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @10:03AM
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Punishment goes beyond physical means. You have the choice between poverty, or debt, which is definitely a form of coercion. Coercion is the use of a power differential to make someone act against their interests, physical force is not necessary.