• 520@kbin.social
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    7 months ago

    It can be. Depending on the circumstances in life you are in, credit may be the only way you’re able to pay for food.

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      7 months ago

      You can’t do that forever though. Eventually you’ll run out of credit and have to pay for it yourself. And by that point you’re probably getting crushed by the debt from a maxed out card, that you’d have been better off not using in the first place.

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        7 months ago

        Correct. But it’s either this or literally starve. That’s why you’ve got people here saying it isn’t really a choice.

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        7 months ago

        You are saying this like they are not aware… like telling a drowning person that if they don’t stop breathing water they’re gonna die. The point is that using credit in the first place isn’t always a choice. Just because it is for a lot, maybe even most people, doesn’t mean there aren’t a lot of other people for whom it isn’t.

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        7 months ago

        You’re right, they should have just starved instead! So enlightened, thanks for setting us all straight!