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Ocelot II

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1. Have there been banks for thousands of years?

Reply to cachukis (Original post)

Tue Apr 18, 2023, 05:45 PM

Apr 2023

I thought modern banking was invented by the Medicis in the fourteenth century. So that's not even a single thousand of years. And cable tv is even newer!

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Fox gets to continue its modus operandi; lying to its bank. [View all] cachukis Apr 2023 OP

Have there been banks for thousands of years? Ocelot II Apr 2023 #1

I meant the pockets of their customers. But you knew that. cachukis Apr 2023 #2

EARLIEST BANKING SYSTEMS (perhaps starting around 10,000 years ago) Celerity Apr 2023 #12

The medieval ones were the banks I had in mind - the beginnings of modern banking. Ocelot II Apr 2023 #13

THIS malaise Apr 2023 #16

But not claudette Apr 2023 #3

Ideally, but free speech and all. cachukis Apr 2023 #4

Lies are not claudette Apr 2023 #5

I agree. But, sadly, believable for many. Think about the cachukis Apr 2023 #6

Fox lost big time here malaise Apr 2023 #7

Yes. For many reasons. But have you had conversations with fox cachukis Apr 2023 #8

Not one of their followers was going to follow the trial either malaise Apr 2023 #9

Exactly. I just went to the fox website and their obfuscation was cachukis Apr 2023 #10

I get that but that is not a question for Dominion malaise Apr 2023 #11

Sometimes I think the chase for money is inspirational to the cachukis Apr 2023 #14

That's an interesting perspective malaise Apr 2023 #15