I hate the “it has existed since caveman times.” Trading is an action and a concept, something we had always, meanwhile capitalism is just a system developed by the spooky scary muslims.
Lots of people back then worked in a version of gift economy. Trade was with outsiders and was more like a mob meeting with backup standing behind the ones doing the bartering. There was no central authority to make trade clean and board toom style.
I hate the “it has existed since caveman times.” Trading is an action and a concept, something we had always, meanwhile capitalism is just a system developed by the spooky scary muslims.
Lots of people back then worked in a version of gift economy. Trade was with outsiders and was more like a mob meeting with backup standing behind the ones doing the bartering. There was no central authority to make trade clean and board toom style.