Unpopular popular opinion: the money we use nowadays is made up of IOUs (I owe you). The money is created by central banks. Central banks don’t get money from anything; instead, they create money. The money then goes to investors, government and corporatios, and that’s why the rich become richer, and I, as a poor person, become poorer.
Yes, Currency is constructed. Just like laws, sovereignty, borders, human rights, customs, norms, culture, institutions, and government.
Currency isn’t the opposite of bartering, it’s advanced bartering.
Reject currency, embrace bartering
Reject bartering, embrace gift economy
I’ll embrace bartering if you give me 400 carrots and 2000 potatoes.
I have around ~100kg of potatoes in the basement… im not sure how many single units that is
Carrots will probably be harder, our garden doesn’t grow that many :3
Ok I’ll take the potatoes for now and accept and IOU for the carr…wait a minute
My dude jumping right ahead to futures.
