cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/309225

Trying to read/watch/etc a little on it to try to establish a vague food swap with friends. Specifically no cash.

Nobody is rich enough to engage in unilateral mutual aid/donations.

  • ThePhoenixFire@lemmy.perthchat.orgOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    By “classical” barter, I mean a kind of system where you’ve created a whole system of measuring the value of one good against tens or even hundreds of others. E.g. a can of beans is worth a carton of milk or half a steak, a chocolate cheesecake is worth five bowls of porridge etc.

    I’m thinking more like can of beans same value as milk = steak = cheese cake etc

    And some good faith to prevent friends from trying to like give someone else like a raw deal. So like realistically some portion of gift economy, like can of beans for a steak, can of beans person later on gives steak person a “good trade” later on to sorta balance it out

    • piezoelectron@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I think it’s a great idea. Could be worth it as an experiment. As you say, good faith is key – once you have that, you’ll be willing to manage the conflicts that organically arise and evolve with them. Ultimately that’s preferable to just reading theory, IMO.