• HasturInYellow@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Ok. Fair. Let me correct myself: money was based on material goods and not rich peoples feefees about the economy.

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      5 months ago

      Definitely closer to the market. Although one major form of historical debt is taxation, and that’s traditionally been subject to how rich people feel about the economy.