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    8 months ago

    I would like just to thank you for writing to title that it’s US-specific. I mean, it was clear by the time I finished the title, but that’s not always the case and I was really glad that you put it there.

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      8 months ago

      Yeah, I thought it was safer to put that because I’m not sure if there are similar systems universally

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        8 months ago

        Not as far s I know. Motivating people to go into debt often is not a common policy. At least not in Europe, but I think it’s very unusual worldwide.