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Inside: Paying consumer debts is basically optional in the United States; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/12/do-not-pay/
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Going to #Defcon this weekend? I'm giving a keynote, "An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Enshittification and Throw it Into Reverse," today (Aug 12) at 12:30pm, followed by a book signing at the No Starch Press booth at 2:30pm!
https://info.defcon.org/event/?id=50826
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Paying consumer debts is basically optional in the United States: The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act protects the people who need it least.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110876807189638595
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Attached: 1 image The vast majority of America's debt collection targets $500-2,000 credit card debts. It is a filthy business, operated by lawless firms who hire unskilled workers drawn from the same economic background as their targets, who routinely and grotesquely flout the law, but only when it comes to the people with the *least* ability to pay. 1/
John Francis@pluralistic nice "snowball" photo reference 🙂
@johnefrancis Here's my sliced/layered cutup of the original for your remixing pleasure: craphound.com/images/beaten-princetonians.xcf