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"The monetary economy is one model out of many and is a very recent one at that. It's a model that seems intent on converting all our intimate human relationships into services to be bought and sold, whilst reducing the splendor and pageantry of the Earth into imperishable units of account."

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This quote is suggesting that the monetary economy is a relatively new model of economic exchange that is focused on turning relationships and natural resources into commodities that can be bought and sold. It implies that this model is reducing the beauty and value of the Earth by assigning a monetary value to everything.
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