I just saw a video of the hundredth woman in space. Honestly just felt so bizzare that there’s humans that have just … left the planet. Thats insane.

  • @tetris11@lemmy.ml
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    31 month ago

    Surely bartering is authority independent? I do agree that without initial regulation, some asshats come and bully themselves into power to increase their trading ability, but I’d say that says more about humans than about markets

    • @kriz@slrpnk.net
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      21 month ago

      Yes I agree bartering is mostly as you describe. I only want to point out that economies are not only bartering, and that no one should ignore the authoritarian nature of how a “market economy” is formed and maintained.

    • @Triasha@lemmy.world
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      11 month ago

      Barter was very rare in pre market economies. People weren’t trading potatoes for furniture.

      You would barter with people you never expected to see again. People you lived with you would owe them one.