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One point in your collapsology I haven't seen you stress, is the *debt trap* in a hyper-inflationist crack-up.

OK, variable-rate debt people are fucked.

In thesis, *fixed rate* debt x hyper-inflation pays off your debt, & you basically get a free house.

Yeah sure.

When collapse happens, & income drops/stops before debt is paid, debtor can't pay even the devalued debt & loses principal. & no one except Black-Rock can buy the house, so its market valuation falls through the ground, not covering even residual mortgage value.

That's the plan to make you a renter you'll own nothing, but actually you won't be happy.

=> Can't have any debt entering the collapse.

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