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    A debt being unpayable in principle does not entail that ... — Carmelics
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    A debt being unpayable in principle does not entail that all debtors suffer identically, only that none can discharge the obligation within finite time.

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    • 1.Unpayability is a structural property of the debt itself, independent of debtor circumstances, resources, or effort.
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    • 2.Debtors may still differ vastly in proximity to discharge: some might approach the limit asymptotically while others stagnate early.
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    • 3.The claim only asserts a shared negative (inability to finish) without denying meaningful differences in suffering or burden distribution.
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    • 1.If unpayability means infinite obligation, then all debtors share the same insurmountable barrier, making differentiation largely semantic.
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    • 2.In practice, unpayable debts typically cause proportional suffering: those with fewer resources suffer more, contradicting 'not identically' claim.
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