Anonymous (ID: Azarlsbu)
08/07/26(Fri)20:10:44 No.540388186

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Anonymous (ID: Azarlsbu) 08/07/26(Fri)20:10:44 No.540388186

> be me, no landlubber fool
> always hear scallywags complainin’ about interest rates
> "ARRR, interest be stealin’ me doubloons!"
> "Why must I pay back more gold than I borrowed?!"

> be like, time to fire the knowledge cannons
> start with a ship-rental analogy
> "Ye charter a ship, ye pay a fee, aye?"
> crew nods
> "So ye be payin’ for the time ye have the ship, aye?"
> more noddin’

> interest be the same thing, but for coin
> ye borrow $1000, ye pay interest for the privilege of sailin’ around with another man’s treasure
> same as payin’ to use another captain’s vessel
> lanterns light up in their skulls
> the crew finally gets it

> go deeper into economic waters
> "coin be a good like any other cargo"
> ye want bread, ye pay for it
> ye want a sailor’s time, ye pay for it
> ye want someone else’s money, ye pay for that too
> same tide, different ship

> bring her into port
> if ye borrow the treasure and return it quick, ye pay less interest
> same as bringin’ the rented ship back early
> the longer ye keep her out at sea, the more coin ye owe

> crew starts understandin’
> interest ain’t some cursed sea witch
> it just be the price of usin’ treasure that ain’t yours

> feelgoodman.jpg
> perhaps the seven seas be a wee bit more economically literate now
> one greentext at a time
> end o’ tale
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