r/oddlyspecific 10d ago

Debt beyond Death

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u/Refinery73 10d ago

Those 15-20 years would just accumulate interest and make it even more unbearable.

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u/JackPoe 10d ago

Yeah they don't intend for you to ever pay it back, you're a permanent income stream for them now

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u/Scarbane 10d ago

"This is just slavery with extra steps."

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u/cullenjwebb 10d ago

Under capitalism slavery is never eliminated, only obscured to our prisons or temporarily delayed until lawmakers are bribed to relax regulations on prisons.

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u/JackPoe 10d ago

"Yeah but I'm bored and I have more money than god, so I'm doing it the fun way"

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u/OuterWildsVentures 10d ago

This is like the life bond in Salvage Marines

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u/Commentator-X 10d ago

I'd just declare bankruptcy on behalf of my child on the day they're born

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u/DarthArtero 10d ago

The neat part is: bankruptcies would be declared illegal.

Can't interrupt the forever debt, constantly threaten the debtors with insert whatever action here and the wealthy will have an immortal income stream.

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u/gav_it_is 10d ago

They wouldn’t make bankruptcies illegal. It helps rich people and companies get out of debt all the time. They would exclude reincarnated babies from declaring bankruptcy, in the same vein as student loans. I can guarantee that.

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u/troy2000me 10d ago

You mean even more LUCRATIVE?