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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gboulton, post: 1064504, member: 27043&quot;]I toyed with precisely such thoughts this morning, Mike, when this thread popped back up...and went on a bit of a fanciful trip myself on the topic...</p><p><br /></p><p>Once we&#039;re dealing with &quot;Galactic Credits&quot;, or something of the sort...would we even HAVE a physical representation of them?&nbsp; It seems unlikely, at best.</p><p><br /></p><p>If we consider a &quot;hard&quot; galactic currency, then it seems difficult to imagine a commodity that&#039;s equally valued on all worlds...not to mention the difficulty I, at least, would have believing that ANY government of that size could tolerate a hard currency for long.</p><p><br /></p><p>If we think, instead, about a fiat currency, then we have to consider the sole activity that gives it its value...taxation.&nbsp; Would a government of such size, ruling over so many different worlds, be willing or even ABLE to physically store such vast amounts of physical currency?&nbsp; Doubtful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Admittedly, I appreciate the artwork here...which is more than i can say for a vast majority of modern monetary devices...but I doubt logistics would ever allow it to see the light of day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then again, people in that world can move objects with their mind, and build death stars...so why should what we consider &quot;practical&quot; here and now interfere?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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