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Message:: [QUOTE="doug444, post: 1951327, member: 38849"]It doesn't matter if the principle were taught - or not.  If you follow the timeline, you will find the "learning" ended millennia ago.  Anything that inspires and instigates war, famine, religious strife, murder, conspiracy -- the list is virtually endless -- is worth paying attention to.  When one gold coin buys 100 times as much as one copper coin, you'd better pay attention to the hole in your pocket. You are trying to undermine one of the primary cultural values of civilization.  If you maintain that people value gold because it's shiny, malleable, and ductile, I'll reply, so is tungsten -- wanna trade?  The reality check is simply that gold buys the ultimate needs of individuals.  Way down the line, some guy has a warehouse full of food; he would like to benefit for his perspicacity.  You say, "Well, what DO you want to trade for your food?"  If he's low on guns and ammo, or fuel, or insulin, those might come first.  But if you don't have any of those practical necessities, gold will no doubt enter the conversation, especially if he leans toward the optimistic outlook, that "this will pass," and the nation and its strengths will prevail.[/QUOTE]