A Boring Dystopia

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More Americans are financing groceries with buy now, pay later loans — and more are paying those bills late, survey says (www.cnbc.com)

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[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 day ago

Capitalism isn't paying enough for workers to live off of and they system is papering over it with debt. Problem is debt isn't a sustainable way to do it since it has to get paid back. We've been seeing sketchier and sketchier things happening in finance and when these loans don't get repaid (and this article is a sign we're getting close) the whole house or cards comes tumbling down