HowardCohodas
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I think I'll just stick to Silver and Gold. At least these products have some limits on manipulation and are somewhat grounded in reality.
I'm reminded of a Twilight Zone episode where thieves got away with a lot of gold and escaped to the desert where they buried it and then hibernated for a long time. On reawakening they found themselves short of water. They dragged some of their gold with them and set out for "civilization." Exhausted and near death they finally came across some people who spoke a language somehow familiar, but quite unintelligible. English had changed a lot. Gesturing and holding out all their gold they tried to communicate that they would pay anything for water. The thieves died and one of the people the thieves had come across turned to the other and wondered why they had offered gold. After all gold, was nearly worthless once it was discovered how to manufacture in cheaply.
Just what is intrinsic value anyway?