I always assumed credit scores were an integral and historic part of the American financial system.

They were not, they are very recent,most of your parents didn’t have credit scores growing up, and as you can probably tell or at least intuit, it’s mostly just a b******* scheme for those with capital to accrue more capital by invading your privacy.

  • urist@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 months ago

    I am not on our mortgage on the house that I own with my husband. I am employed, full time. At the time I had no debt, and the car loan was in my husband’s name.

    They told me I couldn’t be on the mortgage because I had no credit score.

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      8 months ago

      that’s how it works. you have no credit history you can’t be trusted wiht a major loan like a mortgage.

      you need credit history.

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        8 months ago

        My response was to someone who claimed that the system has not fundamentally changed due to credit scores being introduced.

        Yes, it is true this is how it works now, it is not how it used to work.