A closer look
In the 1980s, anti-capitalist communities decided to ditch fiat currency entirely and trade services using Local Exchange Trading Systems. You fixed a sink to earn 'green dollars,' then spent them on guitar lessons. But because human nature is undefeated, someone eventually racked up massive negative balances and moved away. The idealists inadvertently recreated centralized accounting, debt limits, and credit scores, proving that even a utopia requires an enforcer to chase down deadbeats.
