Cool, are you the author? If so, thanks for joining in on the discussion. I hadn't heard of your book before people brought it up on here, but I just added it to my Amazon wishlist and plan to get it soon.
The extent of my knowledge of your book (I'm assuming you are the author), is only what people are discussing here, but my quick impression was that the person you responded to characterized your view of debt pretty well.
He seems to have a mental image of "debt" as something that a loan shark puts you in so that he can break your legs afterwards, rather than the vast majority of the world's responsible debt arrangements which wind up beneficial to both parties.
planetguy said:
"He seems to have a mental image of "debt" as something that a loan shark puts you in so that he can break your legs afterwards, rather than the vast majority of the world's responsible debt arrangements which wind up beneficial to both parties."
This seems extremely in-line with what you just posted:
"What is a debt, anyway? A debt is just the perversion of a promise. It is a promise corrupted by both math and violence..."
This does strike me as needlessly negative, too, as many debts are mutually beneficial, no?
Debts for investment are mutually beneficial. However, history shows it has all too often been in the interests of society's upper class to create lots and lots of debt that was not for investment and is thus very difficult to pay back.
The extent of my knowledge of your book (I'm assuming you are the author), is only what people are discussing here, but my quick impression was that the person you responded to characterized your view of debt pretty well.
He seems to have a mental image of "debt" as something that a loan shark puts you in so that he can break your legs afterwards, rather than the vast majority of the world's responsible debt arrangements which wind up beneficial to both parties.
planetguy said:
"He seems to have a mental image of "debt" as something that a loan shark puts you in so that he can break your legs afterwards, rather than the vast majority of the world's responsible debt arrangements which wind up beneficial to both parties."
This seems extremely in-line with what you just posted:
"What is a debt, anyway? A debt is just the perversion of a promise. It is a promise corrupted by both math and violence..."
This does strike me as needlessly negative, too, as many debts are mutually beneficial, no?