Currency (particulary hard currency -cash) is certificates of
achievement. If one walks into a store to make a purchase his cash
(unless he stole it or it was given to him as a gift) is proof that he
achieved something and in recognition of that achievement he was
awarded the certificate and thus the store clerk accepts the
certificate in exchange for a good. At one time paper currency was
literaly certificates that could be exchange for gold or silver.
$
--- In [email protected], "mark robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Anna,
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> A gold-based economy is yet another topic. For purposes of this
> discussion, money is a scorecard for the amount of goods/services
> produced. In that sense, capitalism "values" art; artists are
> some of the richest people. Are you also trying to say that this
> system doesn't value the spiritual? Wrong again. Capitalism
> values anything that people value - the more free the market, the
> less the difference. If you disagree, please point to
> non-capitalist places that have bigger churches or more people
> with more time and money to pursue all sorts of traditional and
> non-traditional "spiritual" goals.
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> -Mark
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> This would be only correct if money was backed by the real goods.
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> Otherwise money is as good as the paper it is written one.
> This is actually the situation that USA is now in.
>
> What about other values? A good model must also acknowledge
> spiritual needs.
> Where does an artist fit in your society?
> Anna
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