It's eye opening to read about the initial interactions between european settlers and the tribes in the Americas. The europeans got the Indians hooked on money and luxury goods in no time at all. The europeans, of course, had been hooked on luxury goods for thousands of years by that time. It's a trope to scorn the people who traded Manhattan for some beads and blankets, even though 99% of us trade our life for digits every day.
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