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Yeah that's why I don't hit the gold bug threads much. Used to be the only support out there was Poobah, and he kind of ticks people off. You also had to put up with Spoosman putting up a new gold bug thread everytime somebody made a good counterpoint on the most recent thread (he wasn't into sticking around for an actual debate or anything silly like that). The more of us there are that have actually studied the history of money and how it works and why it works that way the better. Of course in another few decades the gold bug folks will evaporate because prepared money will be a thing of the past and they will finally understand that currency has ever really represented is buying power; whether that currency is gold, dollars, or bits doesn't matter. It's all just buying power and without a seller willing to take it it's completely worthless.