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   capndunzzl said, about 1 year ago

   …the barter system.
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   watmiwori said, about 1 year ago

   Trade you my stick for your rock.

   Done!

   That was too easy, he must have cheated me somehow.
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   Richard S. Russell said, about 1 year ago

   And each one ends up with something he wanted more than what he already had. This is, for real, growth in economic value. And, at bottom, it’s STILL how economics works.
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   Proginoskes said, about 1 year ago

   “If only I could hit him with something, I could just take it from him.” - Corporatism is born
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   bbadenov said, about 1 year ago

   I’m sure government will step in with regulations on sticks and rocks … not to mention a 20% tax on each transaction.
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   zoidknight said, about 1 year ago

   @Proginoskes

   Actually that would be socialism. “What is yours is mine, what is mine is mine.”
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   prrdh said, about 1 year ago

   “The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering Trade”.
   Ralph Waldo Emerson
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   lonecat said, about 1 year ago

   I wish I had a rock AND a stick. The birth of capitalism.
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   treesareus said, about 1 year ago

   “I have a stick and will work my rear off to get a rock.”
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    Poollady said, about 1 year ago

    Then I can hit you with my rock. Then i can hit YOU with my stick! lol
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    Redkaycei Repoc said, about 1 year ago

    I remember reading about Al Capone. He defended his bootlegging with the defense “I’m just a capitalist.”
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    SCAATY_423 said, about 1 year ago

    @Sharuniboy

    Liars and thieves do what they please, and appropriate whatever labels suit them to justify themselves…and in doing that they’re still lying and stealing. Blaming the original and pure meaning of the labels for their actions seriously misses the point, and it only colludes with them in letting them off the hook for bearing the responsibility for their choices and their actions.
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    LV1951 said, about 1 year ago

    @zoidknight

    Your statement sounds more like a marriage to me! :)
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    iced tea said, about 1 year ago

    We’ll take a vote, and nominate who gets the rock, and who gets the stick. We’re living in a Democracy.
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    lightenup said, about 1 year ago

    @zoidknight

    You should research what socialism really is and not blindly follow Fox pundits’ definitions. I’ve done my research, and whether I agree with Obama or not, I know it’s not socialism.
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