You’re thinking of Devendra’s brother, Scott “Slim” Banhart.
Devenda is no relation to that cheating punk. I mean, the super-strength gene has arisen spontaneously half a zillion times; why not the optic blast gene?
This is the edited version? I’d hate to see the original.
A barter system requires people having possessions - you’re thinking of communism. (The theoretical pure variant.) Which would indeed require a god-or-equivalent to very very overtly and actively manage and coordinate production and distribution to make sure that all the resources flowed to precisely where they needed to be at precisely the right time and were made into precisely the right type and amount of things to be shipped to where they next needed to be. A miracle every minute, literally, for any large society to pull this off.
Also, thinking on the subject of not being able to own clothes (hmmmm :)), it crosses my mind that, when you eat, don’t you have to take food into your possession to do so, at least temporarily? I mean, people can’t take the food from my mouth (or stomach), so it’s mine, right?
I might be willing to let Natalie Portman wear clothes if that’s what it took for me to be allowed to eat. Maybe. Well, after a few days anyway…
As a compromise, I’d be willing to allow her to wear clothes while I eat.