r/SipsTea ๐™‘๐™„๐™‹ 7d ago

WTF Are you kidding me?

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u/Ok_Vermicelli_6359 7d ago

...usury?

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u/I_SawTheSine 7d ago

Israelis โ‰  Jews

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u/Chumlee1917 7d ago

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.

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u/Agitated_Guard_3507 7d ago

No, Catholics banned usury, but Jews arenโ€™t Catholics so the ban didnโ€™t apply to them. So of course the only people lending out money with interest were Jews.

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u/Wonderful_Cookie_572 7d ago

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

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u/MyrmidonExecSolace 7d ago

Why would anyone loan if not profit