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We should all just use silver by weight with each other
2023 Feb 19, 8:00pm 30,670 views 208 comments
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2025 Jun 30, 7:48pm
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2025 Jun 30, 7:48pm
MolotovCocktail says
Right, a merchant can refuse cash in advance of the purchase, but once you have a debt, the merchant must accept Federal Reserve Notes as payment. FRNs are utterly worthless in themselves, but have worth because others must accept them for debts and because the government requires them to pay taxes.
Example, you go to a hot dog stand, buy a hot dog right then and there. That's a transaction. Technically, legal tender doesn't apply.
You go to a restaurant, sit down, order a meal (could be a hot dog, even)..wait for it, get it...then get the bill 'for goods and services rendered'. That's a debt, technically. Legal tender applies.
Right, a merchant can refuse cash in advance of the purchase, but once you have a debt, the merchant must accept Federal Reserve Notes as payment. FRNs are utterly worthless in themselves, but have worth because others must accept them for debts and because the government requires them to pay taxes.
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This is kind of funny because "peso" literally means "weight" of silver. But there is no silver in the peso anymore.
The US dollar has lost about 97% of its value from the time the Federal Reserve was created.
Why do we bother with their shit fiat currency at all? There is plenty of silver to use as currency, no shortage. And you can be sure its value won't go to zero like it does with all fiat currency eventually.
Would be nice if there were easily available small weights of pure silver available, but in the meantime, we could just use old US silver coins.
The important thing is to value currency by weight of pure silver, not bullshit pesos or dollars.