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I've been wondering for some time now why people don't currently use gold, silver, platinum, bananas, or whatever as a medium for exchange instead of dollars, euros, yen, etc. Are there laws in place forcing people to trade in dollars? There are plenty of other things available that could be...
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[quote user="Norak"]Wouldn't it be better to simply buy land in the country, stockpile on food, guns, water, and so on? You can't eat gold.[/quote] Possibly. However, not everybody can buy land or grow their own vegetables. Therefore, gold serves the rest of us who need to trade. The...