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[-] darvit@lemmy.darvit.nl 3 points 4 months ago

Good luck having global trade with that.

[-] kibiz0r@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago

I think Rushkoff's notion was that new local currencies would be in addition to central currency. It just allows businesses to give a discount to transactions that will keep the wealth inside the community.

It's a neat idea, I just don't know how you would protect it from financial services turning it into yet another abstract tradable asset that undermines the original purpose.

this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2024
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