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To: TobagoJack who wrote (28344)1/24/2008 9:50:50 PM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (1) of 219821
 
TJ, what they did in France centuries ago is vastly different from what they are doing now in Washington. For a start, they call them dollars and not francs. The longitude much earlier in the day. They didn't even speak the same language. Also, the money in the USA will be issued as food stamps and tax credits, so it's different in that regard too. Plus, they didn't even have helicopters centuries ago in France, whereas Big Ben can toss bales of banknotes out into the downdraft to be scattered far and wide.

As you can see, although there is a superficial similarity between that writing you quoted and the current situation, there is a lot of difference. Also, today there is a huge derivatives market stacked on top of it all which could theoretically make it all top-heavy, but $10 trillion in derivatives doesn't weigh much in pixelation processes compared with $10 trillion in gold which would be VERY top heavy and could make the whole thing capsize.

Mqurice

PS: Okay, I admit that it's an eerily identical situation, but tumbrils wouldn't be used these days in a revolution. Nor would they use guillotines.
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