Interest

'Interest is the price we pay, or extract, for the use of money, which in the present age of specializaion equates to survival. Interest, therefore, encodes the belief that the means of survival are precious, rare, scarce, and therefore the objects of competition. Lending money with interest amounts to, "I will help you survive, but only if you pay me."'

Charles Eisenstein

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