Trade and Value

Lythocrist · 09-26-2008, 06:01 PM

Well let me start by saying hello to you all. My last post was on the logic of survival, and how living the 'simple' life is supposed to be 'simple'. Coming off of the word simple... I used to play a multiplayer online game. In the game was trade and money. You traded one thing for another. The money was used only to repair broken items.

The point is... Hold a dollar bill in your hand and think what 'use' it is to you, other than that you can give your hunk of cotton and ink to someone else and they may give you something of 'true' value.

I am a blacksmith. I am 20 years old and live at home

I don't have much money to say the least. When I need something another blacksmith has, I will take something I 'don't' need, and present it to them for trade, often times it is something they will have a use for.

Where did trade go? It was all so simple.

I ask my mom about it and she told me about communities that work together and don't really use money, but rather trade. If anyone has any information about any of these places, please let me know.

09-26-2008, 06:01 PM	#1
Lythocrist Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Central Florida Posts: 38	Trade and Value Well let me start by saying hello to you all. My last post was on the logic of survival, and how living the 'simple' life is supposed to be 'simple'. Coming off of the word simple... I used to play a multiplayer online game. In the game was trade and money. You traded one thing for another. The money was used only to repair broken items. The point is... Hold a dollar bill in your hand and think what 'use' it is to you, other than that you can give your hunk of cotton and ink to someone else and they may give you something of 'true' value. I am a blacksmith. I am 20 years old and live at home I don't have much money to say the least. When I need something another blacksmith has, I will take something I 'don't' need, and present it to them for trade, often times it is something they will have a use for. Where did trade go? It was all so simple. I ask my mom about it and she told me about communities that work together and don't really use money, but rather trade. If anyone has any information about any of these places, please let me know.