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minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4か月前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
minus-squareruan@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4か月前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…
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4か月前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?
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4か月前Yes, capitalism is when money exists. Good point.
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
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…
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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?
Yes, capitalism is when money exists. Good point.