@JimmyMemes@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml • 9 months agoOof ouch owielemmy.worldimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1645
arrow-up1645imageOof ouch owielemmy.world@JimmyMemes@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml • 9 months agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-square@maniclucky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink28•9 months agoI mean, we weren’t forced into it. We were just told we’d be homeless (or some other stand in for poverty) if we didn’t. Now a lot of people with loans are in poverty because of them. We weren’t forced into them is only technically true.
minus-square@collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish16•9 months agoCoerced and/or manipulated
minus-square@maniclucky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink16•edit-29 months agoDuress is also a good word. “Sign this loan or you’ll be sad and poor forever”.
I mean, we weren’t forced into it. We were just told we’d be homeless (or some other stand in for poverty) if we didn’t.
Now a lot of people with loans are in poverty because of them. We weren’t forced into them is only technically true.
Coerced and/or manipulated
Duress is also a good word. “Sign this loan or you’ll be sad and poor forever”.