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They're saying that gold is a weak barter good compared to food because food is the most practical good, and gold the least. This ignores the obvious fact that currencies weren't automatically abolished whenever there was a historical famine.
They're saying that gold is a weak barter good compared to food because food is the most practical good, and gold the least. This ignores the obvious fact that currencies weren't automatically abolished whenever there was a historical famine.
They're starting with a vaguely salient point, the fact that they in specific wouldn't value gold much in the hypothetical post-Trump Mad Max wasteland they jerk off about. I actually agree with that point in as much as in that hypothetical situation, I too wouldn't really put much value in gold bars over, say, gas mask filters or water purification tablets. Here's the funny part. Their masturbatory fantasy where all those stupid gold people turn into Bethesda environmental storytelling skeletons on top of their dragon's hoard isn't realistic (or unique to them, as in this situation many people will die fully stocked with more practical trade/survival goods).
For one, those people tend to also stockpile ammunition, canned goods, and toilet paper, the true currencies of the immediate post-societal-collapse nightmare. For two, they also tend to be... preppers? In that they in theory exercise and train to survive. For three, the key word is "immediate". Humans are social animals, and total anarchy never lasts very long. Sure, warlord states aren't a great type of society, but they are society. When King Bob first of his name, formerly the local Walmart night shift cashier, sets up his feudal raider state, what do you think he'll turn to to back his currency? Clean water, food, strength of arms... and more tangible things he can put his distinguished profile on in the form of coins, when he's established enough.
Yes, things only have the value humans ascribe to them as value is a human concept. We universally ascribe value to rarity, stability, usefulness, and aesthetics. Gold is rare, stable, useful for high-tech applications, and most importantly, shiny. While I probably won't take your Krugerrands in exchange for my last roll of toilet paper, you might be able to convince me with rings, watches, and objects of art: high aesthetic value, easily transported, readily turned back into useful goods. And hey, some of King Bob's gold coins might persuade me too, since I'll probably be dealing with his traders at some point.
Use these arguments against """white privilege""" being real and suddenly they understand race perfectly. It's the laziest debate tactic ever to selectively pretend you don't know what words mean.
If you've ever seen a Rationalwiki user page, it's filled to the brim with a shitton of pedantry about how much of a "humble" superior god they are since they are still stuck in the 2000's New Atheism mentality.
These are just a handful of examples. As you san see, they live very pathetic lives by unironically editing Rationalwiki. Don't harass them too much in order to not give tham superiority complex via victimhood narrative.
If you've ever seen a Rationalwiki user page, it's filled to the brim with a shitton of pedantry about how much of a "humble" superior god they are since they are still stuck in the 2000's New Atheism mentality.
These are just a handful of examples. As you san see, they live very pathetic lives by unironically editing Rationalwiki. Don't harass them too much in order to not give tham superiority complex via victimhood narrative.
These people are eternally stuck in 2008, still fighting their battle with the Religious Right. If they weren’t all-in with critical theory and gay race communism, RatWiki would be an online time capsule to the new atheism era.
TLDR Theyre a bunch of smug fart huffing pseudo intellectuals. A lot of old forums were full of people like this who gradually started trooning out by the later 2010s.
As much as don't read wiki posts and stick to books instead it still leaves me disappointed to even know that even simple information that is known as fact gets twisted into someone's own retarded fantasy's because they can't handle the singleist bit of truth nukes.
As much as don't read wiki posts and stick to books instead it still leaves me disappointed to even know that even simple information that is known as fact gets twisted into someone's own retarded fantasy's because they can't handle the singleist bit of truth nukes.
True. Have you seen their article on Kyle Rittenhouse? That shit is actual brain damage designed for the mainstream media with all of its “sources say”.
They think that a rule must apply to every situation (Search: Exceptions proves the rules) or else it is a shit rule that doesn’t deserve the light of day (totally something a scientist would do).
