How is that relevant? I've lived in a country that wasn't communist, but had a whole communist vs right/centre civil war. And I've visited a number of ex-communist countries, and know people from there.
But this is not about what I've seen with my eyes, it's about what's recorded in history.
Note also that I didn't say "preferred" (as in making barter the dominant and/or official economy).
Barter was very common in communist countries for "black market" stuff (and in times of great crisis, for essentials).
Here's from Wikipedia, about the aftermath of the revolution in USSR:
Civil War ensued and the economy of the new regime became even more chaotic. With mismanagement rampant and hunger sweeping the land, the value of the ruble, currency of the nation, essentially collapsed.[1] During this interval, remembered by the name War Communism, money lost its function as a store of value and a means of exchange. A return was made by people in their daily lives to a _primitive barter economy_ (emphasis mine)
coldtea|9 years ago
How is that relevant? I've lived in a country that wasn't communist, but had a whole communist vs right/centre civil war. And I've visited a number of ex-communist countries, and know people from there.
But this is not about what I've seen with my eyes, it's about what's recorded in history.
Note also that I didn't say "preferred" (as in making barter the dominant and/or official economy).
Barter was very common in communist countries for "black market" stuff (and in times of great crisis, for essentials).
Here's from Wikipedia, about the aftermath of the revolution in USSR:
Civil War ensued and the economy of the new regime became even more chaotic. With mismanagement rampant and hunger sweeping the land, the value of the ruble, currency of the nation, essentially collapsed.[1] During this interval, remembered by the name War Communism, money lost its function as a store of value and a means of exchange. A return was made by people in their daily lives to a _primitive barter economy_ (emphasis mine)
Also here are some more modern examples: https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2016/12/16/another-...
And one not related to communism (as I wrote, barter was used in Western Europe and many other places as well, in rural societies, but also in times of inflation/depression): http://www.naturalnews.com/052224_economic_collapse_Venezuel...