Historically, when there is no cash, barter or something that plays the role of wampum in Amerind society takes its place. In a way, isn't this the drug trade

Historically, when there is no cash, barter or something that plays the role of wampum in Amerind society takes its place. In a way, isn't this the drug trade in rural Massachusetts? Or in Baltimore in "The Wire"? It's a jury-rigged cash substitute. I suspect that not only is cashlessness impossible, but that some sort of scrip money will be needed to meet unfunded liability. I don't live in a high-marginal rate system, but in the US, taxes aren't high enough to be a real problem except in a very few cases. It still confuses me that any normal person believes that any sort of prohibitionism is good policy. In fact, I don't think they do - I think that prohibitionism is pernicious snake oil sold to those in search of a Utopia. One need only look and it's obvious that it can never work.