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by nodata 5362 days ago
My point is that you are lending to individual people since you lose money when they default on their loan.

(Electricity supply lines: say you sign up for "green" electricity. Nobody comes and physically cables you up to a separate grid, you just pay for more green electricity and all the different companies work it the numbers behind the scenes. Similar to what waitwhat is saying)