might reduce it to like a week-long mute since he’s usually fine, but coming into a thread about something to do with money & replying “ask the Jews” with no further explanation is a good way to catch a quick ban for antisemitism

That’s what I’m saying. Why are yall acting like morals is supposed to mean anything lol it’s accepted because people who can afford to give loans put interest on it

And op clearly understands the concept of interest, so I'm even more confused on this thread

Blame landlords and people who can't fight bears

It should be renamed “I think interest is an evil practice and needs to be abolished”.

That’s what ops big brother synopsis would title it

Yeah I also don’t know why he brought up religion

because its a sin

I learned in high school that other religions weren't allowed to lend with interest the same way jews could (their religion allows them to lend with interest to non jews iirc)

Them being allowed to practice that whilst other religions had restriction made them in charge of most of the primitive forms of banking/trading in the middle age, the "jews control the world" stems from that time period- it's a stereotype (according to my history teacher)

He was trying to make us understand why it's silly (it's not some conspiracy to control the world but rather a result of them being allowed to participate in banking more freely than others )

Them being a minority in nations were Christianity (or other religions) reigned Supreme made it to where a large chunk of the population was depended on a banker (who happened to be a jew) when it came to loans

Them being a minority also made them the perfect target for scapegoating + handling money is always linked to immorality in Christianity and western culture (green being a bad luck color as it apperently represents money, casino tables for one)

People associated the greediness and conniving traits a "good" businessman has to jews since they were disproportionately represented at one point in history
However those are stereotypes that shouldn't be taken serious, the problem is the banker not the jew, the bad traits of said banker aren't reflective of Judaism in any way shape of form

please don't mute/ban me, I'm trying to explain where those stereotypes came from + the poster you replied to doesn't come of as a bigot, I truly don't believe he meant it that way

Ok and?

You could’ve at least asked what he meant by it

i dunno how tolerated it rly is. college loans have been a big topic of discussion in recent years and i think things may trend towards making them either obsolete (prolly not, but mby) or much less predatory than they currently are

in a lot of cases, interest seems intuitive you're getting money that you otherwise wouldn't have. if it could only be given for free, no one would do it and many, many opportunities would be lost as a result

Okay dr.peterson

no i get all that, it’s just history. but saying “ask the Jews man” and nothing more isn’t the move

i’ll work on reducing the ban though

So you want to give people money that they don’t have and let them pay you back that same exact amount?

Even if it took them months or years to pay you back? You different bro.

They keep tryna divide us so no one has the time to complain about it.
We need another Bank War. But then again this world thrives on authority

So you just don’t want people to get loans? Lmao ok

“ask the Jews” as the post itself was just not okay, regardless of what he meant by it

i’ll assume it wasn’t anti-semitism but a reference to the history of banking & interest, but just straight up posting “ask the Jews” in a finance thread with nothing else in the post is a big no go

For those who believe they know all about finance and economy ^

Interest was a good idea when it applied to regular people, banks, the government, etc. equally

Cause you have inflation which happens no matter what, money is generally worth less over time so you ask for interest when you loan out your money

Problem is interest for people you and me has been so low for so long. You put money in a bank (which is you lending them your money) and its worth less with inflation

But if you take out a loan or a line of credit they can still f*** you

Interest has made me a lot of money.

it wont be anymore if you live in the west, will be less than 1% for the forseeable future (as in, literally impossible to go past this in the next decade)

Facts, I agree with this. I’d feel the same way if it was a thread around terrorism & somebody would say “idk ask the Muslims”.
this 2021 bro, the Abrahamic religions not gonna take no disrespect.

Vincent said f*** it mask off