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Do you really think all exchange of goods is a market?

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Yes. Do you not?

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So Christmas gifts are a market?

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No because I don’t give you a gift only if you give me one. It’s not a transaction. They are gifts.

…but you turned it into a semantic point. If I farm sheep and you bake bread, it’s a market when I trade you wool for bread. If trade even as basic as this can’t occur then you’re relying on everyone to be self-sufficient.

The alternative is you’re expecting everyone to put everything they produce into a kitty which is distributed to all, and I think that is a sure fire recipe for everyone to go hungry and for society to stagnate. There’s little incentive to be productive, and no incentive to be inventive.

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