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jkaufman comments on Buying Debt as Effective Altruism? - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: aarongertler 13 November 2013 06:09AM

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Comment author: jkaufman 14 November 2013 11:37:12PM 1 point [-]

otherwise render them bankrupt

You say this as if it's kind of like death. But instead it mostly means you go through a stressful ordeal where you lose most of your assets, debts go away, and no one will lend to you for seven years.