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		PicassoCTs 50 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FICO to incorporate buy-now-pay-later loans into c... For the average consumer, debt is selling its future self as slave.

immibis 50 days ago [–]

Which is a good deal if the slave you sell is dead. When there's no future, selling the nonfuture for the price of a future is a good deal.

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