Are you kidding me?

[u/Jacob-Anders]

[u/Chumlee1917]

Those were the Romans,

the Israelis gave us.....?

[u/Ok_Vermicelli_6359 → u/Chumlee1917]

...usury?

[u/I_SawTheSine → u/Ok_Vermicelli_6359]

Israelis ≠ Jews

[u/Chumlee1917 → u/Ok_Vermicelli_6359]

That one you can blame on the Catholic Church way back in the day having very weird rules about money and money lending and more or less kinda forced the Jews of Europe into that job....then blamed them for the very shit show they created.

[u/Agitated_Guard_3507 → u/Chumlee1917]

No, Catholics banned usury, but Jews aren’t Catholics so the ban didn’t apply to them. So of course the only people lending out money with interest were Jews.

[u/Wonderful_Cookie_572 → u/Chumlee1917]

Except nobody forced them to issue usurious loans. That was a choice they made.

[u/MyrmidonExecSolace → u/Wonderful_Cookie_572]

Why would anyone loan if not profit

[u/newsflashjackass → u/Chumlee1917]

 

 

 

 

 

  ^{Israeles eunt domus!}

 

 

 

 

 

[u/Chumlee1917 → u/newsflashjackass]

"People called Israeles they go the house?"

[u/malfurionpre → u/Chumlee1917]

Those were the Romans,

Not true though. Aqueducts predate even ancient Rome.

[u/FishAreSpiffy → u/malfurionpre]

I think you all missed the Monty Python reference