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Sure, I'll take your $10K diamond ring for my $1K gun. Or did you want to chop off the corner? (more seriously: I think people are going for a substantial redu
by sambe 9y ago
Sure, I'll take your $10K diamond ring for my $1K gun. Or did you want to chop off the corner?
(more seriously: I think people are going for a substantial reduction in practical feasibility more than anything. The inefficiency of barter is unlikely to affect that.)
- tritium 9y agoWhile we’re kidding around, once I have your gun, all I need to do is trade a $1 bullet to get my ring back! Given the fanaticism of the gun debate, if laws don’t prohibit the medium of exchange, you can bet that anything from scrap copper plumbing and wire, to lumber, to livestock would be accepted in some circles, in order to breathe life into a market with enough demand.