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[-] Dirk@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago
[-] rich8n@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

In what way is compound interest a scam? Who has been "scammed" by compound interest and how?

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

For most of history charging interest was considered very unethical. There's even a derogatory term for it: usury.

It's a rather recent phenomenon that usury has become acceptable.

[-] MrTulip@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago

Yep. The one time Jesus got violent in the Bible, it was against the money lenders.

[-] rich8n@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

And that means it's a scam today how exactly? The Bible was pretty explicitly against a lot of things. Are they scams? Is wearing two different fabrics a scam? Is eating shellfish a scam?

[-] rich8n@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ok, but its archaic status as immoral does not make it a "scam" today.

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

It's a scam because it's literally free money for the lender. They do no work, they generate no value, but they still get paid.

[-] rich8n@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Providing someone else money for a time to use for whatever purpose they desire is of no value? I think that literally most every person on the planet would disagree with you. Are you saying you've never borrowed money for anything, ever?

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