This is not so much of a controversy. Its like saying hydrated over dehydrated. Or breathing over drowning.

Disagree 🤓 Many people in both colonizer and post-colonial countries buy their second house, their next watch, their third car and their 10th phone upgrade - all on debt. Because they can. Because it's easy and it's a status symbol. We see it all around it. Staying Debt-Free is an active choice to make ✔️

Good point. For me personally dept was never an option of choice. Thanks to my parents probably. 🙏

Yes, you're very lucky ✨ But a lot of our Asian, African collaborators who've also never grown up in socialist economies can be like this. Their govts never did/gave anything to them, so they always had to save up to buy assets and this, hate debt. Good problem to have 😉