@mutageno2 but you need money for convenience. barter falls apart when you move from villages to towns and cities. and interest is profit for providing this convenience. so it all makes sense and is needed. problem is that all religions banned interest and usury, but jews took advantage of it and started lending to other cultures/religions. THAT made them the richest group in the world. plus, core of their identity is cheating god, so they found ways to bypass limitations to lend to their own.