It seems to me that, whatever the “gift economy” is, an important part of it should be a tactful silence with regard to the gift. A withholding. A choice on the part of the giver not to repeatedly announce “the gift”.
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I am skeptical about the possibility of a “cargo cult” gift economy, based on my assumption that acts of love cannot be imitated. I believe that each act of love is the first and the last of its kind.
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Well, let me just speak from experience then since I've been involved in a philosophical version of a gift economy since 2012. A gift always comes "out of the blue." And while giving and receiving both have stakes (bones), after a while giving and receiving become natural.
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And when I say that both "become natural," I mean that there's an easeful grace. That grace was not always there (I sure was awkward!) but given time, experience, and practice, the grace becomes second nature.
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