I like it, but it's not really a short story. Maybe I should have posted this in ~econ.
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72 sats \ 2 replies \ @LibertasBR 17h
I think it’s in the right territory. A dense and very well-written poem. As I was reading, I kept thinking, “How do such important measures for the world last so little?” It’s been less than 100 years since these agreements, yet it feels like much more. Even World War II hasn’t reached 100 years yet. I drifted off.
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36 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 17h
It just goes to show how long 100 years is and how much can change
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @LibertasBR 17h
Yes, and it’s a lot. Getting into the essence of the poem and keeping that in mind, it’s possible that in 100 years all gold will be contested or even replaced by Bitcoin as a reserve, and the dollar will no longer be the global reserve currency. This ties into economics and also some of my own speculation—there’s probably a post here with these ideas, for sure.
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36 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 18h
Huh, interesting. I doubt France and Germany even care that much about the gold anymore, they're controlled by the same Davos-types that consider gold a "barbarous relic" and believe that state fiat is the currency for the "modern world"
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31 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 18h
It seems that way, though rumor has it there's lots of buying of the rock by central banks everywhere.
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