Miscellaneous Explanations of Exchange Styles
First published in ⿻Plurality and Plural Management Protocol.
Miscellaneous Explanations of Exchange Styles
Structure of World History (2010)~Yuuheng Theory (2014)~Study of D (2015-2016)~ power and modes of exchange (2022)
1:
They shared the food they took in a small group of blood relatives.
joint deposit, reciprocal gift, community, exchange style A
2:
The more people, the less successful it will be -> need a "governing" (RULE) mechanism
Protect if you obey, punish if you don't follow the rules, state, exchange style B
3:
Private "contracts" made possible by the power of the state to "punish you if you don't play by the rules".
If you break the contract, the state power retaliates against you, which creates a deterrent and protects the contract.
Currency, investment, markets, division of labor with faceless people, capitalism, mechanisms broader than the state, modes of exchange C
Through the exchange style A -> B -> C, recovery at a higher level of exchange style A takes place, which is the X of Gyoto Karatani.
The punishing power of the transcendent makes private coordination possible.
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