• Art35ian@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Compound interest has been a thing since the Babylonians, 2,000BC, and they understood it from clay tablets.

    If you don’t understand it 4,023 years later with a iPhone in your pocket, you’re an idiot.

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      8 months ago

      I mean, you’re not wrong, but I think their point was it’s morally wrong, not confusing.

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      8 months ago

      Since the 1950s, America has demonstrably engaged in dumbing down its population. You’re right, personal accountability is king, but that’s assuming you’re dealing with a populace that has critical thinking skills and not addicted to bullshit consumerism delivered by dogmatic “Free-est country on Earth” propaganda.