This saddens me greatly.
Maybe they should have instead expelled the perpetrators.
My brother in Christ, nostr:npub10mtatsat7ph6rsq0w8u8npt8d86x4jfr2nqjnvld2439q6f8ugqq0x27hf, I have upsetting news regarding the first part of your note. A short answer would be NO, THEY HAVE NOT INTENDED TO DO SUCH A THING.
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Yes yes, very sad indeed.
Again, no. The usury was agreed upon from the beginning to force the bad out of people. Maybe forcing the bad in would be a better choice of words here. Since you've got to make rent on a forever collapsing currency, statistically you'll do nasty stuff sooner or later.