Reposting because it was removed from another comm earlier for the political content.

  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Yeah the concept of coins was still a very political topic at the time. They were a relatively recent invention that completely changed how society interacted

    • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
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      5 days ago

      … What? No they weren’t

      Anyways, it’s not about coins, it’s about taxes. Taxes can be collected in the form of currency or in bulk goods

      If you don’t have any coins or bulk storage, your community is not economically productive for whoever owns the territory. There’s nothing to take

      But infrastructure must me maintained anyways, an empire lives and dies on it’s roads