HABBENINGS in Myanmar: Myanmar Election Body Charges Aung San Suu Kyi with Electoral Fraud!
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All right... let me just ask one question....
If you can't charge interest on a loan, why would anyone lend money?
And if no one lends you money, how can you get, say, that new business started?
Granted -- excessive interest for a life long trap is bad too.
What's the middle ground?
Usury means excessively high interest, not just interest. Your thoughts are right on the money
Today it means excessive, but for several thousand years it clearly meant any interest at all.
Any debt-based money is automatically usury since it is impossible for the amount of money owed to ever be paid back using the money in circulation. There is always more owed than even exists.
That is excessive.