Conservatives and anti-intellectualism

RStringfield said:
Late 1800s. Not so much in the cities. But as I pointed, really it does not matter, water. The problems of carrying around the commodity become problems of storing it and golds advantages once again make it the better money.
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Until Goldfinger makes all of the gold radioactive except for his own, forcing the price of gold to skyrocket.
 
gonzojournals said:
I'm mostly arguing with AHZ, not you, because he believes that fiat currency is some sort of limitless well of evil.
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It is fairly limitless as long as you do not kill the goose. That is, keep the inflation at a moderate clip and there is no necessary end to the scam.
 
Well, maybe not. But if it does crash down we will all suffer. It's not as if the bankers and bureaurats are going to cover the damages.
 
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