This is priority 1 of the power elite, to shame debtors, to humiliate debtors, to create a moral opprobrium against debt for the lower classes. Meanwhile the rich can use bankruptcy and strategic default all they want. https://t.co/Koi1BcaEqs

— David Dayen (@ddayen) September 12, 2018

Why some sensible people are getting to the point where they just want to see the world burn.

Capitalism increasingly resembles the fever dreams of Heath Ledger’s portrayal of The Joker.