[tomdemaine]

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Since the liberty dollar raid/confiscation, the following analogy occurred to me:

0th law of thermodynamics: There is a game -----------> US dollars = fiat currency.

1st law of thermodynamics: You can't win the game ----> Inflation will devalue your savings.

2nd law of thermodynamics: You can't tie the game ----> If you were to keep your savings in, say, gold rather than US dollars, you'll be taxed on "capital gains" associated with the increasing cost (in US dollars) of the gold you have on hand.

3rd law of thermodynamics: You can't leave the game --> Alternative currency is illegal.

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Some people are winning the game pretty handily. You don't need to think of it in any complicated way. It is just theft. Every dollar that is printed or created however and doesn't go directly to you is stealing money out of your pocket and putting it into the pocket of whoever gets it. It's fraud it's theft it's evil.

Done.