Cory Doctorow on Nostr: If you don't show up for court (which is what usually happens), they'll get a default ...
If you don't show up for court (which is what usually happens), they'll get a default judgment, and with it, the legal right to raid your bank account and your paycheck. That, in turn, is an *asset* that, once again, the debt collector can sell to an even scummier bottom-feeder, pocketing a lump sum.
McKenzie doesn't know what will fix this. But #MichaelHudson, a renowned scholar of the debt practices of antiquity, has some ideas.
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