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Re: Microchipping season is officially upon us [Re: Dr.Satan]
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Dr.Satan said:
Back when paper currency was redeemable in gold or silver it had real value, but now they can print it as much as they damn well please because it's backed by nothing.


Nonsense.  Gold is just another rock.  The only reason it has value is because it was chosen to have value, just like paper money.  That doesn't mean the value is illusory, though.  Money and gold do have value.

They might not always have value, of course, but few things will.  Humans are only on the planet temporarily, and there's no telling what will be of value to the next dominant species.


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Re: Microchipping season is officially upon us [Re: Enlil]
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I agree to an extent about gold. The only thing is now that gold is used in so many aspects of technology it does have real value.


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Re: Microchipping season is officially upon us [Re: Dr.Satan]
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Meh, that's mostly bullshit.


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Re: Microchipping season is officially upon us [Re: Dr.Satan] * 2
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Pretty odd coincidence, gold was worthless until very recently and now it turns ot to be very useful in some ways

Not enough to merit its artificial value, but something rare and useless had to serve that purpose

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Re: Microchipping season is officially upon us [Re: Enlil]
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Enlil said:
Meh, that's mostly bullshit.


So it having actual useful value is BS but artificial inflation/ instilled value from marketing isn't?


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Don't worry about me, I've got all that I need. And I'm singing my song to the sky

You know how it feels, With the breeze of the sun in your eyes. Not minding that time's passing by

I've got all and more, My smile, just as before. Is all that I carry with me

I talk to myself, I need nobody else. I'm lost and I'm mine, yes I'm free


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Re: Microchipping season is officially upon us [Re: musiclover420]
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musiclover420 said:
Enlil said:
Meh, that's mostly bullshit.


So it having actual useful value is BS but artificial inflation/ instilled value from marketing isn't?


Low inflation does make sense since the population is growing. Zero inflation and you would get feudalism thats why I don't trust bitcoin it would make wealth inequality far far worse than it is now.

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Re: Microchipping season is officially upon us [Re: musiclover420]
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musiclover420 said:
Enlil said:
Meh, that's mostly bullshit.


So it having actual useful value is BS but artificial inflation/ instilled value from marketing isn't?


What he said is mostly bullshit. 

Yes, gold has some uses, but only a very small percentage of gold is used for anything other than hording or decoration.


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Re: Microchipping season is officially upon us [Re: Dr.Satan]
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Dr.Satan said:
Enlil said:
But the value isn't an illusion.


It's an illusion in the sense that when nobody is willing to accept it it's useless to you. I'd rather have a can of food than a piece of paper that says "lots of food" on it. Back when paper currency was redeemable in gold or silver it had real value, but now they can print it as much as they damn well please because it's backed by nothing.


Nice analogy :loldongs:

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Re: Microchipping season is officially upon us [Re: Enlil]
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Enlil said:
musiclover420 said:
Enlil said:
Meh, that's mostly bullshit.


So it having actual useful value is BS but artificial inflation/ instilled value from marketing isn't?


What he said is mostly bullshit. 

Yes, gold has some uses, but only a very small percentage of gold is used for anything other than hording or decoration.


The electronic and other uses are more recent though. Before long we might be using most of our available gold for various technologies.

And the more we need to use gold for electronics and other stuff the more real value it will have. Though it doesn't take much gold in most cases I would think.


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Don't worry about me, I've got all that I need. And I'm singing my song to the sky

You know how it feels, With the breeze of the sun in your eyes. Not minding that time's passing by

I've got all and more, My smile, just as before. Is all that I carry with me

I talk to myself, I need nobody else. I'm lost and I'm mine, yes I'm free


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Re: Microchipping season is officially upon us [Re: musiclover420]
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You're right, and that might be the case, but iron has more actual use than gold at this point.  Most iron is used to build things. 

In any case, all currency is symbolic.  That's the point of having a currency.  It allows us to have specialization of labor without having 1000 trading partners to get what we need.


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Re: Microchipping season is officially upon us [Re: Dr.Satan]
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Dr.Satan said:
People already use credit cards daily and that's pretty much the same concept. Moving to digital currency seems like the next logical step (no pun intended). Either way you're getting paid with "nothing". Paper money is just as worthless as the numbers on an ATM screen until you spend it. The illusion of value is the only thing keeping this boat from sinking.



Yep..paper money is soley ran on faith


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Something there is mysteriously formed,
Existing before Heaven and Earth,
Silent, still, standing alone, unchanging,
All-pervading, unfailing,
I do not know its name; I call it tao.
If forced to give it a name, I call it
Great (ta). Being great, it flows out;
Flowing out means far-reaching;
Being far-reaching, it is said to return.

It's just a shot away..

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Re: Microchipping season is officially upon us [Re: Led Zeppelin]
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Led Zeppelin said:
I completely agree with you, I'd die before I got one. I just wanted to point out the similarities, our phones are practically microchips and they are changing our entire species. We will slowly start to merge with our smartphones and eventually they will be completely in our brains.




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