buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoThat's not real capitalismhexbear.netimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up185arrow-down1imageThat's not real capitalismhexbear.netbuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOmegamint [comrade/them, doe/deer]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThis is basically communal life
minus-squareGarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoIt’s still a type of exchange, just less formal and rigid than modern ideas of trade. It’s community life.
minus-squareOwl [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoYeah. Gift/favor economies are more social and less formal than a money economy, but that doesn’t mean they’re really better. These economies still routinely developed slavery, serfdom, and vassalage.
This is basically communal life
It’s still a type of exchange, just less formal and rigid than modern ideas of trade. It’s community life.
Yeah. Gift/favor economies are more social and less formal than a money economy, but that doesn’t mean they’re really better. These economies still routinely developed slavery, serfdom, and vassalage.