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Can't remember if this was via HN or just browsing, but I bumped into "gettone" recently, Italian telephone money: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettone https:
by card_zero 2y ago
Can't remember if this was via HN or just browsing, but I bumped into "gettone" recently, Italian telephone money:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettone
They didn't have enough currency, so they improvised extra.
Thing is, it's hard to see what you're against - it's not really money, or capitalism: you just want your own money system and your own capitalism, and for it all to be grass roots and community and farmer's-market lovely. A cute money system instead of the threatening one we live with.
- egypturnash 2y agoReally what we need is “taxing the fuck out of the wealthy” but that’s sure not gonna come from this administration.