That ' s funny , I ' ve only ever been guildies with 3 <| sep |> Ok let ' s try this . Talking about trade not transportationCan be moneyless or full communism Can be a moneyless world or a world in which use of money has only been abolished between two trading partnersCan be two groups within a society or two potentially hostile societiesThe idea is that intercontinental trade would be difficult or impractical without money . If you try bartering without money , you ' ll end up using a commodity like you would use money . If you try a gift economy then it fails because your debts are never repaid by strangers . How would you trade over the Internet ? What do you do . <| sep |> I ' m not too sure who told you this is classic Irish stew , but this is about as far from an Irish stew you could get . Irish stew is gravy based , not cream .