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joelthelion
on May 31, 2011
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Resources are being utterly and completely wasted ...
Gold's market value is far above what it would be if it wasn't used as a value store.
duskwuff
on May 31, 2011
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Which ends up being harmful to industries which could make good use of gold... if it just weren't so bloody expensive.
joelthelion
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In the same way the car industry harms the industries that could use all that oil we burn in our cars...
Using gold as a store of value is useful, otherwise we wouldn't do it.
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