you would actually need to contribute to receive, and you couldnt just move money around contributing nothing

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    but the builder takes only 50 grain sacks to build me my house and since you cant stop him with overwhelming beaurocracy, were building affordable housing

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      Seems like a major hassle for the builder to have to lug home 50 sacks of grain, which they’ll then have to try and barter for something else. If only we had an abstract representation of value that’s portable and universally accepted…