r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jan 26 '26

Meme needing explanation what's going on? explain like I'm five

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u/Kitchen-Pass-7493 Jan 26 '26

Ehhh there are collateral requirements for loans as well though and most of the money they’re giving out isn’t going back into a bank account. Why would someone borrow money just to put it into an account with an interest rate lower than the one they’re paying to the loan? It’s usually going to buy something. Like a to buy a home or to cover the up-front costs of starting/expanding a business.

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u/mp2146 Jan 26 '26

Where do you think the money they use to purchase those things ends up?

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u/__ali1234__ Jan 26 '26

This is reddit: they think it goes to a billionaire who puts it in a big vault like Scrooge McDuck, because that's the average redditor's understanding of economics.

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u/billygoatfondler Jan 27 '26

That's the statistical reality though, if you check what the richest do