>From Yahoo News, one can find that archytas was spot on when it came to the Bitcoin:
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/112907/bitcoin-triples-again-smartmoney On Jun 6, 8:47 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > There a new global currency -Bitcoin. You can google it. The idea > isn't new - there have been many local economic transfer schemes. > Potentially we could all useBitcoinand have as little to do with > official currencies as possible. In this sense, the connection of > politics s with currency comes into relief without metaphor. The > basic analogy works for me - politicians are in play for the currency > of votes and these are broadly bought. My own contention is that we > have no politics at all, just animal posturing. We would need to be > rational for politics and clearly are not. > > On Jun 6, 12:53 pm, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 6/6/2011 7:09 AM, paradox wrote:> A friend said to me the other day "The > > sole difference between > > > Politics and Business is one of Currency"; initially, i thought that > > > this might be a simplification too far, and unduly cynical perhaps > > > (though i dont believe he meant it in a perjorative sense); yet, the > > > more i think about it, the more difficult it is for me to refute. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > You could say they are composed of multiple competing currencies, seeing > > it all as the interplay of exchange.
