• Aqarius
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    17 days ago

    …Yes, of course they did, that’s what a gift economy is.

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      17 days ago

      I think you need to read more history and less theory.

      Yes, that’s what a gift economy is, but bronze age kings “gifting” each other things was not a gift economy.

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        16 days ago

        I think I read too much history as is.

        And if that’s not what this is, I’m dying to hear the difference, because I vaguely remember Cline directly comparing the royal “gift giving” to the Kula Ring.