>>> Doug Henwood
The reason I brought up the last several thousand years is that money
became necessary as soon as people weren't feeding and clothing their
immediate selves - i.e., as soon as any kind of trade was introduced.
Money arises in exchange, as they say. And though there's a diff between the capitalist commodity and other kinds, it's very very hard
to imagine how you can have some kind of trade without money. What moneyless social relations involving complex trade can you imagine?
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CB: Good thought. How about a high tech form of barter, and also using the high technology communication to simplify the exchange-trade aspect ? There would still be exchange, but much more elegant than the tradition of trade up to now.