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minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·17 hours agoAnd while we’re at it, since it’s difficult to get everything you need in exchange for something they need, it would help to have a universal token of agreed upon value for us all to trade with. /s
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours agoYes, capitalism is when money exists. Good point.
minus-squareruan@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·10 hours agoAnd your point here being…? Are you implying that currency is a product of capitalism or that currency only exists under capitalist societies? Lol, I’m no historian but I almost sure that currency has existed in basically all big societies way before capitalism was a thing…
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoIt was implied by the parent comment they were responding to when it brought up trading non-monetary things. Is the lack of reading comprehension (here & here) willful?
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And while we’re at it, since it’s difficult to get everything you need in exchange for something they need, it would help to have a universal token of agreed upon value for us all to trade with. /s
Yes, capitalism is when money exists. Good point.
And your point here being…?
Are you implying that currency is a product of capitalism or that currency only exists under capitalist societies?
Lol, I’m no historian but I almost sure that currency has existed in basically all big societies way before capitalism was a thing…
It was implied by the parent comment they were responding to when it brought up trading non-monetary things. Is the lack of reading comprehension (here & here) willful?
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