Does gold have inherent value, or is it merely a symbol?
And what would happen if we switched from paper money back to gold?
Economist Daniel Altman has what you need to know.
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Sue Rakestraw
I used to support a "gold standard" until I realized...I has no gold! :p
Scott Duncan
David-Paul Sip, is that true? Do you believe in MaGIcK GoLD POw3Rz?
Scott Duncan
David-Paul Sip, that wasn't a rhetorical question.
David-Paul Sip
I know that China and RUSSIA have been acquiring massive amounts of gold. I also know that the United States has not sold any of it's reserves. I also know that any "significant find" will not be "significant" enough to devalue the US dollar (see QE INFINITY). That's already happening and is the intent of the Federal Reserve. This here in reality.
Scott Duncan
...that doesn't actually answer the question.
Scott Duncan
I could replace GOLD with MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES in your response, and it would say EXACTLY the same thing. Try it.
David-Paul Sip
No I don't "believe". Gold does not have any magic power. That's why I point to the facts.
Scott Duncan
Those aren't "facts" any more than the Junk bonds of the late 80's were "facts".
David-Paul Sip
:/
Scott Duncan
You have this delusion, and are too stupid to see it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania
Scott Duncan
Consensus of the ignorant/greedy does not equal a "fact".
Consensus on a BLOCKCHAIN however...
Scott Duncan
Seriously, after all this time, you don't get to be this stupid. You just don't.
David-Paul Sip
Alright...And what of cryptocurrency backed by gold? This is actually a thing. :/
Scott Duncan
Yes. It creates imaginary "security" based on the "Greater Fool Theory".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_fool_theory
Scott Duncan
It's why you were attracted to it.
David-Paul Sip
"You have this delusion, and are too stupid to see it:"
I admit I miss the obvious (I'm also not you) as you have pointed out to me. I also admit it takes me a while to see the "obvious" :(
David-Paul Sip
Oh and Chris...FUCK YOU! :D I owe you one lol!
Scott Duncan
"Backed by gold" has no value to me, unless I'm spending it and I want acceptance based on this imaginary "extra security".
Gold's "value" is not a "fact"; It's an attempt to sell imaginary "security" to the receiver.
Scott Duncan
The medium of exchange is already set. The "backed by gold" crap is marketing to idiots, nothing more.
Canada selling its gold is no different.
David-Paul Sip
Okay...Do you expect central banks and governments will not abandon their fiat fraud without a fight (albeit futile)? I do not expect them to adopt cryptocurrency or the blockchain and certainly not willingly. What will they turn to to convince people to have continue to have confidence in their "legal tender"?
Scott Duncan
Blockchains take idiots out of the equation. It doesn't matter what the naysayers "believe". Reality does not care.
When it all becomes verifiable FACT, money will be VERY different, and a lot of people are going to be the proud owners of worthless shiny metal, in the next 20 years.
David-Paul Sip
Agreed...but in the meantime is there not an opportunity worth taking advantage of here? What else are nation states going to turn to if they are to maintain control over the financial system?
Ceit Butler
David-Paul Sip: Re:"Agreed...but in the meantime is there not an opportunity worth taking advantage of here. "
I think that Scott already covered that with the above "Greater Fool Theory"...
David-Paul Sip
I may be thinking wrong but given that central banks manipulate the price of gold, and given the amount of unsustainable debt, governments do not have many options it seems. Thanks Ceit.
Ceit Butler
But I can see why you would have difficulty with that one. We know what a fan you are of taking "advantage" of "opportunities"...
Scott Duncan
Wow, you sound just like those weasely "get rich quick" MLM scammers that pop under my browser when I use the pirate bay :D
David-Paul Sip
We know what a fan you are of taking "advantage" of "opportunities"...
:/ I don't follow Ceit.
Scott Duncan
THE MONEY MOBILIZER!
...We don't know what money is, but dammit, we MOBILIZE it! Yup!
...gimme some money.
This is a free HONEST ad from your friends at ROGUE SUPPORT INC. Feel free to use it! :D
Scott Duncan
Sorry, I should have used words like "synergy" too.
Ceit Butler
How's the Florida mortgage business going? Booming, I'm sure, what with the state having the HIGHEST number of foreclosures - even more than Michigan. Way to keep that debt-wheel turning...
Scott Duncan
Maybe if we waved some gold or tulip bulbs at it?
Ceit Butler
So, how does that work, exactly? You wait for the banks to foreclose on these low-income families, you scoop up the properties at a premium auction rate, and then you help NEW low-income families obtain credit that they don't need, to get fresh mortgages that they can't afford, and you send them on their merry way while patting yourself on the back for your financial ingenuity?
Ceit Butler
David-Paul Sip is noticeably silent...
Scott Duncan
If I appear hostile, it's because of WHO pays when you "exploit" these "opportunities". It's NEVER the government or the Law Society. It's their victims that pay.
David-Paul Sip
Not sure what you're referring to Ceit. My focus has been on repairing and improving distressed properties.
Scott Duncan
...a booming industry, I'm sure.
David-Paul Sip
I don't acquire foreclosures or short sales. Nor do I acquire properties through auctions.
Scott Duncan
How did the properties become "distressed" again?
Ceit Butler
Uh huh... And your promo video, the one with the couple who claim that they couldn't even afford Tim Hortons before, but then "The Money Mobilizer" helped them get some credit cards, loans, and a mortgage, too!
Because, clearly, people who cannot afford a fucking coffee should be racking up some debt.
Scott Duncan
I saw that on the pirate bay :D
Ceit Butler
And you make specific mention of fabulous investment property opportunities in Florida. Florida, which currently has the highest foreclosure rate in the U.S., meaning lots of cheap property to purchase - after the banks have seized them, of course.
Ceit Butler
You help low-income families to establish CREDIT. CREDIT, as we all know, is DEBT.
While others in this group are devoting all of their efforts to breaking this cycle of debt by moving away from FIAT, you are doing the exact opposite.
Ceit Butler
... Just in case you were unsure as to where the hostility stems from.
David-Paul Sip
How did the properties become "distressed" again?
The last project we completed was a home damaged by fire.
That family created budgets for everything to manage their finances. I helped them rebuild their credit and build equity in the property. Btw, that was in 2012. I haven't focussed on lease options in 3 years.
David-Paul Sip
It's pretty tough to purchase property without good credit. That couple had completed a consumer proposal and wanted to buy a home and stop renting.
I get the reasoning and/or point Ceit. I am attempting to break the same debt cycle myself but I can't claim to not have a mortgage. Now I could choose to rent instead but then I'd be helping pay someone else's mortgage.
Scott Duncan
It's pretty tough to replace money, law, and banking, but I'm doing OK.
It used to be that you had to HAVE the money before you bought anything.
Corporations can get credit too!
Scott Duncan
No matter. If you don't get it, someone reading, might.
Ceit Butler
And the fabulous single-family investment properties to be found in Florida?
David-Paul Sip
They exist. What about them?
Ceit Butler
One of your pitches mentioned them specifically. What circumstances caused this abundance of inexpensive single-family homes to become available in the great state of Florida?
Ceit Butler
Also; you might want to think about updating your Google+ profile. Listing this:
"www.qix.mx
Life Mastery, 2014 - present
Formula 4 Truth � Laws of Vibrational Energy � Inner G Training"
... Under the heading of "Education" is not doing you any favours.
Scott Duncan
*facepalm*
Scott Duncan
...I don't even...
Scott Duncan
...fuck. SERIOUSLY?
Ceit Butler
Chris Evan
What.....the fuck? :/ I didn't even know I was opening this can of worms. I thought it was a <gold bullshit> can of worms. :/
Where's Pete? I can't believe he's missing out on this thread...
Chris Evan
Oh. A donate button. :D
Chris Evan
Activate my quartex? Is this like...ummm....my penis?
Chris Evan
David-Paul Sip, c'mon man! What the fuck?
John Affidavit Fernandes
timing is everything :)
David-Paul Sip
Oh man...Is there an emoji for embarrassed. Yup I should update that profile lol!
David-Paul Sip
This was began pre Tender For Law when I "believed" Dean Clifford had a clue. I know the guy that runs the company. He's a cool guy. Yup he accepts Bitcoin. I pointed him to Creative Commons last year after someone ripped off the material he gives away for free, rebranded and started selling it.
Scott Duncan
Everyone always throws poor Dean Clifford under the bus... even though he is a lying duplicitous sack of shit...
Julius Cruise
Dean should have been under the bus I took to Canada .
Scott Duncan
:D
Scott Duncan
Were you at Hamilton?
Julius Cruise
Yes Scott ?
Julius Cruise
I was the other greasy spic who booked that shitty hotel.
Scott Duncan
I wasn't :D
Scott Duncan
You might have noticed how NOT THERE I was.
Julius Cruise
Yes I noticed ,but I got to see a man who drinks piss.?
Scott Duncan
So, you got your money's worth, did you?
Scott Duncan
Piss-drinking trannies... For my money, you just can't get enough of those...
Pete Daoust
PIERRE DAOUST was there, but not me :/
Julius Cruise
No ,cause I miss the part when they took Dean to his new home.
Scott Duncan
What were you doing instead?
Scott Duncan
...I'm pretty sure that whatever you were doing, wasn't as interesting.
Pete Daoust
I was busy reading The Tender for Law.
Anibal Jose Baez
I saw Dean been escorted by an entourage of private security. He was the winner to vacations to a "Fortress of Remand" (tm) Hotel and Debt Creation Center. It was the second best thing that happened to me in that trip! Well, the third. Someone offered me to smoke a cripy joint.
Scott Duncan
Yes you have "early Days bragging rights! You have a picture of you and a very frightened looking Vitalik Buterin to prove it :D
Anibal Jose Baez
<<very frightened looking>> is a debatable appreciation! :P
Scott Duncan
It's not your fault. He had no idea he's be as important as he is... you did...sort of. It had nothing to do with you.
Anibal Jose Baez
Andreas, you are next, buddy!
Scott Duncan
Put yourself in his shoes. Imagine how surreal it is having a stranger travel as far as you did, to have his picture taken with you, because of what you were going to do. It's surreal, to say the least.
Pete Daoust
Andreas told you to go fuck yourself with your picture... :P
Anibal Jose Baez
Don't come to shatter my dreams! :P
Pete Daoust
That was an amazing moment, oh fuck I was laughing :D
Anibal Jose Baez
That is also a debatable appreciation. :P
Pete Daoust
No. I saw it clearly on his face :P
Pete Daoust
I know what went through his mind, here.....
"What the fuck is wrong with these idiots and their fucking polaroid trip..."
:D
Anibal Jose Baez
<<I saw it clearly on his face>>
To my defense, you have a crocked eye.
Pete Daoust
:D
Pete Daoust
Yes, but I don't use it :P
Scott Duncan
That was way back when I knew more than him...
...HATE that kid :P
Anibal Jose Baez
I have a picture with god! I also have a picture with Scott! :D
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