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Re:From pecan pralines to ‘dots’ as currency: how a prison's... by lonelappde on Monday September 02, 2019 @11:17AM (#20859592)
Money is like language. It's impossible to deprive a group of humans of it, because it's in our nature to immediately invent it if we don't have it. What else is like this?
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Re:From pecan pralines to ‘dots’ as currency: how a prison's... by kneel on Monday September 02, 2019 @12:11PM (#20859961)
Food, sex, and drugs are very ancient human commodities. Money is often thrown in the mix to simplify things.
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