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[–] DocCrankenstein@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Plenty if you study history and anthropology. How do you think humans lived for millenia before the invention of currency? You do realize thousands of years separate that from advent of trade and long after we settled down to form permanent communities?

[–] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago

Nonsense. There is no returning to small-scale egalitarian societies. Large-scale societies are a trap; once you embrace them, you can never go back apart from in extreme isolation. Spend even 5 minutes thinking seriously about it and you will see why it's a pipe dream.