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Whose money do you think is being sent to scammers?

Also, decent human beings care about things that are unjust/immoral/unethical regardless if it affects them or not.

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Like stealing money under threat of force from many individuals and handing it over to some random scammer?

That kind of immoral act? You might not be as decent a person as you might think.

> Whose money do you think is being sent to scammers?

I guess the tax payers money? Otherwise they would have nipped this in the bud.

> Also, decent human beings care about things that are unjust/immoral/unethical regardless if it affects them or not.

Decent people are sometimes quite far between, most people would never lift a finger even an inch if they don't have anything to gain personally.

Well, we’re focused on extracting as much money as possible from people who try to pay loans with awful terms. Meanwhile, the banks have no incentive to do meaningful vetting as the loans are guaranteed.

> most people would never lift a finger even an inch if they don't have anything to gain personally.

Personally, I haven't found that to be the case. If you've got sources that say otherwise I'd be interested in seeing them.

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