While people are dying of a pandemic and economic consequences, the smart people are talking about how Martians might repo Earth.
While people are dying of a pandemic and economic consequences, the smart people are talking about how Martians might repo Earth.
Why not just settle those chains away? Just say X no longer owes Y, Y no longer owes Z, Z no longer owes A, instead X directly owes A.
Hell, I'd imagine it's possible A owes X $1 million, so $4 million of "debt" represents absolutely fucking nothing.