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I grew up very poor. It's in my nature to avoid debt like the plague, even "good debt". Somehow that's worked out very well for me, so I also recommend it.
I grew up with that and "pay off debts before you save". It didn't work out well and I've probably wasted years of my life struggling before I learned to do the math instead.
Oh, my recommendation: check what the situation is in your country and your time instead of trusting what boomers who grew up in a twisted economy say or what you read from a completely different country's economy or era.