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Cute Russian comic. The home of the official English version is here if anyone wants to skip ahead (or support them): https://boosty.to/gabiconomics-en

*Assignats, or Assignations, were the historical precursor to paper money in France(1789~) and Russia(1769~) respectively. While their histories vastly differ in origin, the way of backing, and the downfall, both of those paper bills eventually became significantly devalued relative to hard currency which continued circulation alongside them. As a result, a special exchange rate emerged between the assignation bills and the metallic currency. *

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[–] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 2 points 11 hours ago

MMT time! What makes a currency "have value" is the power of the entity creating it, mainly through the monopoly of violence and taxation. Dollars have value because the US taxes in dollars, and having no dollars to pay the taxes means you go to jail so everyone needs dollars!

Contrary to popular belief, currency didn't spawn from barter and evolving into metallic coins, the first examples of currency were "paper" (technically clay) money, where an accountant at the central temple of the first city-states of Sumer would record the payments and debts in clay tablets. "Katie ows this month the collection of 200 units of grain to the central temple authorities" is the first kind of currency, and people did use these tablets as currency, as in "I will cover your debt if you give me 3 chickens", exchanging this way an obligation for actual goods.

This tells us a lot about the nature of money: money isn't just another good to trade, it's an accounting unit made to record debts!

[–] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A bunch of Cecile I haven’t gotten around to uploading

Cecile-uwuCecile-uwuCecile-uwuCecile-uwuCecile-uwu

Tried to get a 6th one of someone else uploaded, but hexbear is a bit unhappy right now…

[–] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

It doesn’t exactly sound like this is coming from a gold bug based on the description - paper money still only has value as a social construct. I probably need to understand Assignats/Assignations from the listed years to fully make sense of what the author is trying to actually convey with this one gabi-math

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

Nice catch! Unfortunately I think that one isn’t going to cut out particularly well.

[–] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago

I think this leaves me caught up on things I intended to upload.

Falke-smugFalke-smuggabi-first-timeskye-doubtskye-doubt

[–] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

Not sure if this is the best name for the emoji or the worst name for the emoji

sphynx-golden-shower

[–] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No wonder the chief is buff, wheeling around coins like that.

rumples-thinking

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Spends all day bicep curling gold bars.

[–] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

Plus pushing them along those cobblestones - gotta be quite the workout sneeze-tired