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by thaumasiotes 249 days ago
> That's a big problem we have right now.

The problem isn't new.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3ZJKN_5M44

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Yeah, you're right.

The difference is today it's far easier then it's ever been to make cripplingly bad financial decisions.

We’ve perfected it - you used to have to do a lot of work to sell yourself into debt slavery, now you can do it incrementally, over time!