Re:Credit Scores Can Run – and Ruin – Our Lives
by bluefirebrand on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @02:56PM
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> I feel like a more effective approach would be to change how the banking system works, but I imagine that comes with a myriad of undesirable costs.
It seems likely to me that people who can't navigate the current banking system at a basic level would struggle with any banking system you introduce.
Or just any system in general.
What I have a harder time believing, and not just in this situation but in a lot of conversations about the unbanked, is that these people will, after a lifetime of having problems with the banking system, suddenly "see the light" and start behaving in ways that are compatible with that same banking system.
This "fresh start" seems like the bad narrative, to me. I believe people seek it, and I believe they're hopeful about it, but I don't believe it's realistic to just assume. I definitely want to live in a world where people can choose to change, but suggesting that they actually will do that is, to me, not realistic.
I feel like a more effective approach would be to change how the banking system works, but I imagine that comes with a myriad of undesirable costs.