Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoI can't wait until money stops being a thinglemmy.caimagemessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1223arrow-down16
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minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·25 days ago…Yes, of course they did, that’s what a gift economy is.
minus-squarewizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoI think you need to read more history and less theory. Yes, that’s what a gift economy is, but bronze age kings “gifting” each other things was not a gift economy.
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·25 days agoI think I read too much history as is. And if that’s not what this is, I’m dying to hear the difference, because I vaguely remember Cline directly comparing the royal “gift giving” to the Kula Ring.
…Yes, of course they did, that’s what a gift economy is.
I think you need to read more history and less theory.
Yes, that’s what a gift economy is, but bronze age kings “gifting” each other things was not a gift economy.
I think I read too much history as is.
And if that’s not what this is, I’m dying to hear the difference, because I vaguely remember Cline directly comparing the royal “gift giving” to the Kula Ring.