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This is an excellent reply. That said, we'd need to agree on definitions of "state" here. Some kinds of money surely existed before anything recognizable as a
by quinndupont 9y ago
This is an excellent reply.
That said, we'd need to agree on definitions of "state" here. Some kinds of money surely existed before anything recognizable as a "state", but then again, such notions of money are likely as meaningless as this kind of unrecognizable state.
- TremendousJudge 9y ago>Some kinds of money surely existed before anything recognizable as a "state" I wouldn't be so sure. As far as I know, current academic consensus is that in primitive societies, where everyone knows everyone, it comes down to a system of favors and everyones natural sense of what's "fair". These are relatively small groups of people, so there's a lot of trust involved. No need for any sort of currency there