Read the Chapter in Leviticus that talks about the once-in-a-lifetime Year of Jubilee in which all debts were forgiven in ancient Israel. Bottom line: the Almighty never intended for men to be permanently slaves to the company store.
>> the Almighty never intended for men to be permanently slaves to the company store.
The Almighty never intended for the profligate and lazy to borrow money they can’t or won’t repay, either.
That the “company store” owes men a living and a dwelling is a concept rooted in communism, not that of a God-fearing responsible free man.
So if you defaulted on a debt in year 1 you had 49 years of servitude for you and your family. In year 2 you had 48 years and so on.
As the Jubilee got nearer the amount of the loan you could take out got smaller and smaller.
The Almighty never intended us to be thieves either.