The History of Debt

Arguments about debt have been going on for at least five thousand years. The rules can be completely arbitrary, in a way, it doesn't even matter what they are. Tell people they are inferior and they're likely to be pleased - but this rarely leads to armed revolt. Tell people that they are potential equals who have failed, and that therefore even what they do have, they do not deserve,. That it isn't rightly theirs is much more likely to inspire rage.