>> I don’t know of any bank that hides the fact they lend out money.
Absolutely true. They question here is how many announce they are borrowing from you :-)
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This is like those articles that say, "[entity] quietly [doing totally normal thing]" to frame it like it's some devious thing.
That's what banks do. It's not a secret. Any cursory understanding of banking gives you that information.