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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 3572869, member: 71642&quot;]Ah, but is a city state a country...and if it is a government (sorry Facebook) authority that produces money/coins, well then does that fall under our &#039;country&#039; definition?&nbsp; I&#039;m not talking Lundy, but &#039;governmental authority&#039;. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for who gets to make the money...which future dystopia are we headed for 1984 or for The Space Merchants?</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Merchants" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Merchants" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Merchants</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Government vs. Business (Advertising) as the totalitarian?&nbsp; Big Brother or Big Data?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I must admit I enjoy the thread as an exercise in expanding my mind and I hate to confess just how often I have pulled up a world map to figure out exactly where to go next.&nbsp; The Ancients add just a bit more homework...in&nbsp; a good way IMO.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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