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Old 11-03-2009, 08:21 PM
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I think gold has a less inherent value than some other materials on earth. If we are going to base currency on things that come from earth, why gold? Monetary systems are just as much a fabrication when they are based on gold as they are when they are based on Mexican monarch butterfly wings or the output of a sawyer cutting red oak into planks.

t grams of butterfly wings = u ounces of gold = v hours sawing oak = w yen = x yuan = y lira = z euros.....

Besides, are you just wanting us all to run out and buy gold so that we drive the price up for you?
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