Reposting because it was removed from another comm earlier for the political content.

  • MinnesotaGoddamEnglish
    31·
    2 days ago

    He said to stop using money

    “Render unto Caesar” seems to be the opposite. He said to stop owning shit.

    • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      He said to give up the coin they have and no longer use money between them. To share freely, so that Cesar couldn’t extract tax income from them in any way

      When the tax man shows up, you give them whatever they want and leave them frustrated. You return the coins you have to Cesar, and without stockpiles of goods the tax man would have to go house to house collecting random goods. You have no money to take, no grainary to take a portion of

      An empire can’t run off taking miscellaneous things from each pantry

      • captainlezbian
        1·
        2 days ago

        Yeah the concept of coins was still a very political topic at the time. They were a relatively recent invention that completely changed how society interacted