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Drew F | 4 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Perpetual fear and debt kept the people believing they were free, despite being slaves. The so called "plebs" were able to escape it all, by reading the books and stacking the SATs.
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CraigTheSpaceBum | 4 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Exodus 21:2
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Drew F | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 How does that apply?
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CraigTheSpaceBum | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Read the Bible and the context of that verse.
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Drew F | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Seems like you know it well. What's the context for the excerpt?
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CraigTheSpaceBum | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 2 When you buy a Hebrew slave,[a] he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing.

Debt = Slavery 

I'm a debt collector. I do know the statute of limitations well 😆