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If someone's starving, I'll just gift them the money/food they need. I'm not going to set the expectation that they must return it to me. If I need to lie about
by cosmojg 3y ago
If someone's starving, I'll just gift them the money/food they need. I'm not going to set the expectation that they must return it to me. If I need to lie about the nature of the gift to ensure they'll accept it, so be it, but a gift's a gift, not a loan.
On the other hand, if I'm loaning someone money, it's almost certainly related to some commercial venture, and I reasonably expect to be paid for the risk I'm taking with that person.
- rijoja 3y agoMaybe you feel like lending them the money so that they don't have to feel like a beggar, and so that you don't have to feel superior to them. I wouldn't say it's lying, it's more like accepting the risk that you won't get it back. > On the other hand, if I'm loaning someone money, it's almost certainly related to some commercial venture Would you loan maybe family or friends money for something that would be good for them lets say an education? Or would you support the government doing the same?
- rijoja 3y ago> If someone's starving, I'll just gift them the money/food they need. I'm not going to set the expectation that they must return it to me. If I need to lie about the nature of the gift to ensure they'll accept it, so be it, but a gift's a gift, not a loan. Some people would refuse that out of pride, so you might as well spare their honor and lend it to them in some cases, but yeah sure. > On the other hand, if I'm loaning someone money, it's almost certainly related to some commercial venture, and I reasonably expect to be paid for the risk I'm taking with that person. Wouldn't a more appropriate instrument for investing in a commercial venture be to buy shares in their company?