you would actually need to contribute to receive, and you couldnt just move money around contributing nothing

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    I think the distinction your looking for isn’t currency vs. barter, it’s the real economy vs. Stock/Bond/Derivatives markets where money is accumulated by gambling without producing anything useful.

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      I think I’m fine with the bond market at the moment. Bonds have predetermined interest rates and maturation periods. They’re just loans, a decent way to build capital without surrendering ownership.

      Agreed on the stocks, and especially derivatives. The stock market should be abolished and totally replaced with bonds. The derivatives market simply should not exist.