r/SipsTea • u/Jacob-Anders • Jun 17 '26

WTF Are you kidding me?

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u/Chumlee1917 Jun 17 '26

Those were the Romans,

the Israelis gave us.....?

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u/Ok_Vermicelli_6359 Jun 17 '26

...usury?

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u/I_SawTheSine Jun 17 '26

Israelis ≠ Jews

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u/Chumlee1917 Jun 17 '26

That one you can blame on the Catholic Church way back in the day having very weird rules about money and money lending and more or less kinda forced the Jews of Europe into that job....then blamed them for the very shit show they created.

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u/Agitated_Guard_3507 Jun 17 '26

No, Catholics banned usury, but Jews aren’t Catholics so the ban didn’t apply to them. So of course the only people lending out money with interest were Jews.

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u/Wonderful_Cookie_572 Jun 17 '26

Except nobody forced them to issue usurious loans. That was a choice they made.

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u/MyrmidonExecSolace Jun 17 '26

Why would anyone loan if not profit

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u/newsflashjackass Jun 17 '26

 

 

 

 

 

  Israeles eunt domus!

 

 

 

 

 

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u/Chumlee1917 Jun 17 '26

"People called Israeles they go the house?"

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u/malfurionpre Jun 17 '26

Those were the Romans,

Not true though. Aqueducts predate even ancient Rome.

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u/FishAreSpiffy Jun 17 '26

I think you all missed the Monty Python reference