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ffwacom
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A society without money is even more absurd.
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lightbyte
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The Inca Civilization had no money was was pretty darn successful
http://www.discover-peru.org/inca-economy-society/
ffwacom
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Tiny fiefdom. Think of the insane size of what we call society even 100 years ago, money is what makes us cooperate.
lightbyte
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I wouldn't call the Inca Empire a "tiny fiefdom", at its height they had 10 million citizens and covered 2 million km2
ffwacom
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doubt they had the absolute control on law that a modern state has, empire in the loosest/historical sense
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