Calafou had been started by Spanish anticapitalist Enric Duran. Duran was infamous for having masterminded a pyramid scheme in which he would borrow money from one bank to pay loans with another bank, which would raise its limit and let him borrow more money, which he would then use to pay credit with a third bank. So went the cycle until he had borrowed 492,000 euros from thirty-nine banks. He refused to pay, and fled Spain. This was in 2008, when the world was steeped in an economic crisis and Spain had been hit particularly hard. Duran published a pamphlet announcing and explaining his “act
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