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schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2291826Jan 19 14:59
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schestowitz"Not before hitting the window, hence curtains move :/"Jan 19 14:59
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schestowitz>> #Finland a nation in #debt Jan 19 18:20
schestowitz>> http://yle.fi/uutiset/finland_a_nation_in_debt/6456951Jan 19 18:20
schestowitz> Jan 19 18:20
schestowitz> When I taught I used to mention sometimes that the big money is inJan 19 18:20
TechrightsBotTitle: Finland: A nation in debt | Yle Uutiset | yle.fi .::. Size~: 83.17 KBJan 19 18:20
schestowitz> loan sharking.  These days, on the Finnish web sites I see, I oftenJan 19 18:20
schestowitz> get ads for taking loans.  These loans have terrible rates.  The loansJan 19 18:20
schestowitz> via mobile phone have even worse rates and I don't understand how theyJan 19 18:20
schestowitz> are even legal.  The ads themselves are quite wicked, the worst oneJan 19 18:20
schestowitz> shows a happy, young family together and the implication that takingJan 19 18:20
schestowitz> on loans is part of getting started in life.Jan 19 18:20
schestowitzI was never in debt myself.Jan 19 18:20
schestowitzIn recent years, with situation like Christian's and then some other people I know (including those whom I had dinner with last night) I became more aware of the deep consequences that include mental breakdowns. I had a short chat last night also about suicides being caused more often -- at least in part -- due to debt. I said I wasn't sure if love crises (love life) was a greater factor; Alex, my friend's fiancee, said it was Jan 19 18:20
schestowitzindeed debt. Not sure about sources and accumulating data about motives of the diseased is probably hard. But anyway, I digress. There is so much more I could say about this shady industry, one where one makes money from having money (cyclic trap that impoverishes the poor and ensures the rich get richer). Was it Islam that banned lending?Jan 19 18:20
schestowitz>> #Finland a nation in #debt Jan 19 18:20
schestowitz>> http://yle.fi/uutiset/finland_a_nation_in_debt/6456951Jan 19 18:20
schestowitz> Jan 19 18:20
TechrightsBotTitle: Finland: A nation in debt | Yle Uutiset | yle.fi .::. Size~: 83.17 KBJan 19 18:20
schestowitz> Thinking about it a little more, we get junk mail about every weekJan 19 18:20
schestowitz> advertising loans.  My girlfriend is quite put out by some of themJan 19 18:20
schestowitz> which try to put forth the impression that one is obligated to takeJan 19 18:20
schestowitz> the loan or that it is already a done deal.Jan 19 18:20
schestowitzThere are other financial instruments, e.g. pensions, that use borrowing from the future as tool of temporary power passage, even without guarantees. Sometimes I think that I ought to have focused more on activism re finance, but then again, this is not my field, but it's already well occupied by many activist whose work gets discredited by k00ks.Jan 19 18:20
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2289070Jan 19 18:49
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schestowitz"Um, not exactly."Jan 19 18:49

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