JillOfAllTrades [she/her]@hexbear.net to anarchism@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoStatists: "There has never been an anarchist society ever! It's just a fantasy!" Also statists: "Here's a map of Europe in 220 BC".... What's all that grey, motherfuckers??www.worldhistory.orgimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up147
arrow-up147imageStatists: "There has never been an anarchist society ever! It's just a fantasy!" Also statists: "Here's a map of Europe in 220 BC".... What's all that grey, motherfuckers??www.worldhistory.orgJillOfAllTrades [she/her]@hexbear.net to anarchism@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareHelltakerHomosexual [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoMost societies for thousands of years did not barter. Bartering is a myth, but that does not mean trade itself is a myth. Most had some form of money and accounting. The complexity of ancient civilizations should not be underestimated.
minus-squareNakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agomfers need to read Debt: The First 5000 years.
Most societies for thousands of years did not barter. Bartering is a myth, but that does not mean trade itself is a myth. Most had some form of money and accounting. The complexity of ancient civilizations should not be underestimated.
mfers need to read Debt: The First 5000 years.