As I argue in my book Creditocracy and the Case for Debt Refusal, this is how our financialized society works: The goal is to keep debtors on the hook for as long as possible, wrapping debt around every possible asset and income stream to generate profit. After all, if we pay down our debts entirely, we are no longer reliable sources of revenue for the banks.
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