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[-] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 3 points 8 hours ago

Ah, right. Yeah, I can see your point. If it isn't necessary to survive (e.g. food, water), or it doesn't have an immediate use case (e.g. ammunition), its probably some form of fiat.

[-] Soyweiser@awful.systems 2 points 8 hours ago

Not really related but perhaps entertaining titbit, in the metro 2033 video game series they use high quality ammo as currency. Cant recall if this also happened in the book.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 8 hours ago

Not exactly what I was thinking, but I can see your point, too.

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