why is it , we lend money?

Question

why is it when people owe you money you always find something you really want

Answer 1

I would say that it is like having money in the bank, that you have been able to do without for a while so when it is repaid, it's like getting a bonus. Since you haven't needed it for anything else you don't feel so bad about treating yourself for loaning someone the money that actually gets paid back. That is not always the case, so wait until you get repaid before you splurge.

Answer 2

i believe we lend money because we live in a capitalist society. without getting too political, a capitalist society permits some groups of people to gather more wealth than others, leaving some rich and some poor. media and product feed our ideals of attaining degrees of being "rich", in turn feeding the desire to earn more or borrow more and reflecting that in our our possessions.

some believe the better idea is a communist society - where we work out how much food, clothes, houses and services evenryone living in that society needs to live comfortably. the central "state" shares everything equally - but unfortunately, this power often corrupts, again leaving rich and poor sections.

however, some small tribes & even experiments have shown it's possible to live happily in these systems by "bartering" two fish for three loaves of bread or a quart of goat's milk.

of course, there's more examples about where it can go wrong - including some very famous novels!! (see sources)

large societies, like the UK & even more so, the US have chosen the capitalist route and china has stuck mostly with communism. russia is moving towards early capitalism but has already seen problems in gross corruption, of course, influenced by western society and attaining those media images of "rich."

so my final answer is: we lend because we want what the next man has.

result: there's always someone richer, someone poorer. the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly by his means and understand his position in life and to help his neighbour.

p.s. i'm not driven by any god, nor self-omnipotent. i'm just a dude who questions why we are forced to accept today's rules simply because that's what happened yesterday...

Answer 3

Well...when we've got money we buy things too, which we also really like but we don't notice that...you should ask why we lend money to someone? Don't you think :)

Answer 4

Sometimes it's just hard to say no, especially to close friends and family.

Answer 5

I try to leave that to the banks!

Answer 6

it is called sods law