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madokie

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1. Been practicing this for years here

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 09:07 AM

Mar 2012

We refer to it as bartering.

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Greece on the breadline: cashless currency takes off [View all] Earth_First Mar 2012 OP

Been practicing this for years here madokie Mar 2012 #1

Yep. Earth_First Mar 2012 #2

The barter system was the staple Harmony Blue Mar 2012 #35

No middle man to rip you off. madokie Mar 2012 #39

Behold the future. CanonRay Mar 2012 #3

This is great.. we need to do this here. DCBob Mar 2012 #4

If this system takes off, the whole global economy will collapse Zalatix Mar 2012 #5

Trust me Zal, if this system takes off......... socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #13

They don't have enough room in their jails already. Zalatix Mar 2012 #21

I actually hope you're right about the growth thing........ socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #23

Happened here in the Midwest during the early years of the Depression. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #32

+1 n/t OneGrassRoot Mar 2012 #38

How does government fund a social safety net in such a system? hack89 Mar 2012 #24

They don't. Then again the Plutocrats will get rid of those safety nets anyway. Zalatix Mar 2012 #25

Sounds like the entire scheme is a libertarian's wet dream. hack89 Mar 2012 #26

Libertarians will be the first to die. Because the most important currency in that world is Zalatix Mar 2012 #28

So all those food importing countries will starve? hack89 Mar 2012 #29

That's a problem, yes, but the fix is already in. Zalatix Mar 2012 #30

Actually that is not accurate Harmony Blue Mar 2012 #36

The exchange limits the numbers of credits you can accumulate or owe. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #33

The post I was replying to expressed the opposite thought. hack89 Mar 2012 #34

"Then again the Plutocrats will get rid of those........ socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #27

Notice it always comes back to food at some point. fasttense Mar 2012 #6

Excellent. Nt xchrom Mar 2012 #7

So it seems to me moparlunatic Mar 2012 #8

Talk about there and back again MattBaggins Mar 2012 #20

Can you see the Villagers agreeing to this: tsuki Mar 2012 #9

Ouch, the Plutocrats just got stung... Zalatix Mar 2012 #22

The silver lining shineth lunatica Mar 2012 #10

Bartering is part of many societies...more so at times like these SoCalDem Mar 2012 #11

Now that�s just messed up� Larry Ogg Mar 2012 #12

Thats what paramilitary police and mercs are for, to put such efforts down before they "get out of TheKentuckian Mar 2012 #14

Yep. Said the same up above......... socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #15

Yup, yup and our resident neolibs will be leading the chorus TheKentuckian Mar 2012 #17

Of course they will....... socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #18

There is nothing they can do to stop it Harmony Blue Mar 2012 #37

I doubt that there could be a more truthful answer. Larry Ogg Mar 2012 #16

The last sentence is why the whole system must be........ socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #19

When it comes to the pathological greedy... Larry Ogg Mar 2012 #31