Usury

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“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.”

Frederick Douglass

Subtle but clear?

AI Created: Artificial Intelligence talking about Usury.

Me: When I think usury I think: “Social unrest, social conflict, class struggle. Social erosion.”. Does that make sense?

ChatGPT (jan23):

It makes sense that usury, or the practice of lending money at excessive interest rates, can contribute to social unrest and class struggle. When some individuals or groups have access to high levels of credit and others do not, it can create economic disparities and social tension. Additionally, the pressure to repay high-interest loans can lead to financial strain and hardship for those who are unable to keep up with the payments, further exacerbating social and economic divides.

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Extra:

Class struggle is a concept related to the conflict between different classes within a society, often resulting from unequal access to resources, power, and opportunities. It is rooted in the Marxist idea of class conflict, which states that capitalism creates a power imbalance between the proletariat (working class) and the bourgeoisie (ruling class). Other related concepts include economic inequality, income disparity, exploitation of the working class, and the struggle for social justice. (ao)

Wikipedia:

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_conflict
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_conflict
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_(process)

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Books:

• “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck (1939)
• “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair (1906)
• “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism” by Naomi Klein (2007)
• “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander (2010)
• “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power” by Shoshana Zuboff (2019)

Documentaries:

• “13th” directed by Ava DuVernay (2016)
• “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” directed by Justin Pemberton (2019)
• “Inside Job” directed by Charles Ferguson (2010)
• “Inequality for All” directed by Jacob Kornbluth (2013)
• “The True Cost” directed by Andrew Morgan (2015)

Movies:

• “Sorry to Bother You” directed by Boots Riley (2018)
• “The Big Short” directed by Adam McKay (2015)
• “Do the Right Thing” directed by Spike Lee (1989)
• “Parasite” directed by Bong Joon-ho (2019)
• “Snowpiercer” directed by Bong Joon-ho (2013)

Series:

• “The Wire” created by David Simon (2002-2008)
• “Mr. Robot” created by Sam Esmail (2015-2019)
• “Mindhunter” created by Joe Penhall (2017-2019)
• “When They See Us” created by Ava DuVernay (2019)
• “The Handmaid’s Tale” created by Bruce Miller (2017-present)

Songs:

• “The Times They Are A-Changin’” by Bob Dylan (1964)
• “Fight the Power” by Public Enemy (1989)
• “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday (1939)
• “Killing in the Name” by Rage Against the Machine (1992)
• “We Shall Overcome” by Pete Seeger (1963)

Artworks:

• “Guernica” by Pablo Picasso (1937)
• “The Death of Marat” by Jacques-Louis David (1793)
• “The Third of May 1808” by Francisco Goya (1814)
• “Migrant Mother” by Dorothea Lange (1936)
• “Whistlejacket” by George Stubbs (1762)

Podcasts:

• “Citations Needed”
• “Intercepted”
• “Reveal”
• “The Dig”
• “The Ezra Klein Show”

Purpose: to create usury-awareness

Would you agree…

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— Atotsm (@Atotsm2) August 18, 2022

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