“From the standpoint of intimidation, poorhouses, workhouses and debtors’ prisons certainly concentrate one’s mind. These are not abstract issues, obviously. And for men, especially, issues having to do with the dangerous ramifications of modern debt are never further away than a protracted and divisive divorce. It may appear that these sorts of mechanisms are the results of increasingly stressed government finances in the West. But we are more cynical than that these days. The establishment of these facilities is likely pre-planned and municipal economic difficulties are merely a justification. Call it Directed History …”
http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/34868/Directed-History-of-Modern-Debtors-Prisons/
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