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Our noble trade has truly fallen far from the time of the ancients
  • That is one application of the idea. Most people use the concept to privatize commonly owned or state own things which ironically leads to companies that destroy rivers and stuff. There is research on which criteria make a common work and it's not surprising that the ownership model that was predominant for a long while actually work despite the fact that some white guy had a thought experiment and said it can't possibly work.

  • Our noble trade has truly fallen far from the time of the ancients
  • barter remains an essential part of exchange with strangers

    While this is true, exchange with strangers isn't the primary means of exchange in many societies. You can give your neighbor shoes they need to work on the fields and they own you one, later in fall they give it back in potatoes they harvest. No need to have a sack of potatoes in the moment you need new shoes. These IOUs get formalized into quantifiable valued you can write down and that's fiat money.

  • Our noble trade has truly fallen far from the time of the ancients
  • Ok, it exists but it wasn't the predecessor of money. It's not that the "double coincidence of needs" or what it is called made money a necessity. That's my point and I worded it poorly, sorry for that.

  • Upvote/downvote ratio instead of total numbers?

    Since the last update, I don't see the total number of upvotes and downvotes but a ratio. So when it is at 0, I see 50% which is less interesting than seeing how many people interacted. Was it me upvoting and a single downvote or is it highly controversial with 100-100? Also: in a highly downvoted comment, I want to see how many people actually upvoted it.

    Can I change this back in the settings somewhere?

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