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[–] Grapho@lemmy.ml 43 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (8 children)

Sure bro lemme teach my aunt to make her insulin, her own needles, her own glucose test strips and all that cheers

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Maybe we should all specialize, and pay each other with our own goods, or better yet, a sort of representation of goods we all agree is valuable, so you can get one persons goods with anothers.

[–] XpeeN@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's basically what happened before money was invented. Imagine being a shoe maker and wanting to get some food, can you convince the sellers to take new shoes for the food/groceries EVERY DAY?

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

I just described money…

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