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Gold: A form of wealth or a barbaric hunk of metal: POLL
April 28, 2022, 07:12 PM
wcb6092Gold: A form of wealth or a barbaric hunk of metal: POLL
Some nations are selling all their gold reserves.<BR><BR>Experts maintain Canada’s decision to sell off gold reserves was the right one<BR><BR><a href="https://westernstandardonline.com/2022/04/experts-maintain-canadas-decision-to-sell-off-gold-reserves-was-the-right-one/" target="_blank">https://westernstandardonline....s-was-the-right-one/</a><BR><BR>Some nations such as Russia and China have been adding to their gold reserves for many yearsThe future of gold is ?The base of future currencies after fiat collapses from massive debtA heavy metal that will play no significant role in future currenciesCentral banks own it for a reason
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April 28, 2022, 07:21 PM
wreckdiveryou need an IDK button in this one, cause I had not a pick.
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April 28, 2022, 07:23 PM
stickman428Gold has been valuable to humans for thousands of years. I don’t see that changing any time soon.
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April 28, 2022, 07:24 PM
oddballCanada doesn't know shit.
They're stupid.
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April 28, 2022, 07:25 PM
stickman428Look at the Canadian government and ask yourself is this something any sane person should emulate?
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The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance
April 28, 2022, 07:46 PM
architectD) A useful industrial metal that has intrinic value in many applications.
Regardless of its potential as an investment, there is a certain floor value based on its usefulness in many process applications. From a certain perspective, the value will never be zero. Bitcoin, not so much.
April 28, 2022, 08:16 PM
jbcummingsGold has had a longer run than any of those “easily trade commodities” that they’re interested in. Food and ammunition would be easily tradable goods, but I don’t see Canada hoarding .22lr.
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April 28, 2022, 08:33 PM
2BobTannerDon’t take “paper promises” of ownership; take physical control of it yourself. Just remember, if you can’t hold it, you don’t own it.
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April 28, 2022, 08:36 PM
OKCGeneGood grief, I'm not expert, but I've always believed, and told others, that Gold is not an investment. Gold is a storer of Value.
Those 2 things sound like they are the same, but they are not. They are similar, with a very fine distinction.
Gold is not the be all end all, you should of course have money in other types of investments.
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April 28, 2022, 08:37 PM
bettysnephewI truly suspect in the event of a world wide financial collapse 22 LR may be far more valuable than gold and easier to barter with.
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April 28, 2022, 08:50 PM
darthfusterCan't eat gold.
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier April 28, 2022, 08:51 PM
MikeinNCquote:
Originally posted by darthfuster:
Can't eat gold.
But you can eat your neighbor.
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rburgquote:
Originally posted by MikeinNC:
But you can eat your neighbor.
If you saw her, you wouldn't say crap like that!
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April 29, 2022, 09:16 AM
Perceptionquote:
Originally posted by bettysnephew:
I truly suspect in the event of a world wide financial collapse 22 LR may be far more valuable than gold and easier to barter with.
I don't think it would be very useful in the event of a total apocalypse type of collapse. I think it has the potential to be very useful in the event of a currency collapse. It's rare so it easily has transferrable agreed value, and its properties will ensure it's useful for industry and decoration for the foreseeable future.
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"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."
"I did," said Ford, "it is."
"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?"
"It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates the government they want."
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards."
"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"
"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might get in." April 29, 2022, 09:35 AM
nasigquote:
Originally posted by oddball:
Canada doesn't know shit.
They're stupid.
all in all a pretty ignorant statement
April 29, 2022, 09:36 AM
95flhrGold, like anything else is only worth what someone will give you for it when you need to trade or sell it.
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April 29, 2022, 10:41 AM
Flash-LBquote:
Originally posted by MikeinNC:
quote:
Originally posted by darthfuster:
Can't eat gold.
But you can eat your neighbor.
Long pig for dinner?
April 29, 2022, 11:19 AM
bertoGold is worth what two parties agree it’s worth. It’s not magic. If there’s a collapse and you have gold but no food and I have food a loaf of bread costs as much gold as I say it does. You can pay or you can starve. There will be no debate on economic theory.
April 29, 2022, 11:35 AM
Flash-LBIf there's a collapse, gold will be worth essentially nothing and things like alcohol, booze, cigarettes, ammunition, food, medical supplies will be worth a fortune.
All these things are useful to a starving society and gold is not. It just sits there.
April 29, 2022, 01:13 PM
flashguyWhen gold was $32/oz it was a useful basis for paper money (and could be exchanged for it). At $1800/oz it's not so useful. Coins of a useful value would be so small that they'd be easily lost, so gold would not be a good form of money for daily trade.
Silver was at that time only about $1/oz and coins with silver in them were practical. Right now, a dime-sized silver coin would be worth about $2.50, but that is getting to the point of not too practical.
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