Comment on Might a well bring it full circle

Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Definitely not, it’s bad for the most vulnerable portion of society to not have access to money. You can’t pay rent or a doctor with corn and beans.

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  • brillotti@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can pay for prostitutes, which means the situation is dire. Doctors can probably be bargained with in this scenario if you have the beans to pay.

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    • TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m a therapist in the states and I accept barters

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      • Gates9@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Lookit Atticus Finch over here

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      • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        i have three pieces of lint and a button that does not match. anything. i think a witch cursed it.

        can i purchase a couple knowing looks, two nods and a hmmmyes with that or do i need more? i have three buckets of lymph i can also trade (hardly any of it is mine) in the garage but i was saving that

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    • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Doctors can probably be bargained with in this scenario if you have the beans to pay.

      I’m old enough to remember a republican Senate candidate getting dragged for suggesting this as an alternative to the ACA.

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  • Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You can. People used to pay in cigarettes, too.

    The worth of food being high enough for this to be plausible, that’s the issue. Also food has a very stable value.

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• LeonineAlpha@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I went down to the corn-chemical exchange bank, and gave em 2 ears a corn, and they gave me 2 beakers a chemicals!

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