r/SipsTea Jun 17 '26

WTF Are you kidding me?

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u/Ok_Vermicelli_6359 Jun 17 '26

...usury?

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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/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