upon realizing that the hoomans were hoarding gold instead of contributing and collaborating in the economic system the government decided to BUY the stoopid shiny rock for an outrageous sum (but no sell to prevent hoarding)
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gold emerged as the winner due to both properties of the rock as well as historical validity it was chosen by the people for the people because as a product of God, it could not debased by printing
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kings too would prefer gold as a kingdom is just a more complex collection of peoples which is why the tywin lannisters of the world held demi-god power w/ control over the gold mines
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so though doge theoretically could be a new kind of gold it has 2 weaknesses 1/ it has infinite supply 2/ it's a meme. the gov buying doge would destroy credibility just like negotiation w/ terrorists
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gold also kinda-sorta has infinite supply in that it can be mined and increase in price motivates more mining (maybe even from asteroids??) so sth like btc actually is more "Godlike" than gold bc max cap is known
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this is why subcultures that form around being victimized so desperately want to break into the mainstream. psychologically they are hoarding some crypto coin that promises some awesome footure but ONLY if the mainstream recognizes it as legal tender
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so while YES the government CAN declare "shina inu coin now has VALUE!" this has to be weighed against the cost of such a declaration. does the coin ACTUALLY have useful properties?
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e.g. if the coin encourages incorrect use of grammatical pronouns. e.g. using "they" when it's a singular entity. how can schizophrenia be identified? if male/female distinctions are blurred, what about all the medical knowledge around gender and race differences? toss it??
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if doge is accepted then the central faith can be attacked. new shiba coins can be created, the people flood into them, and then threaten papa gov through cutting themselves & risky sex once u can threaten a god, it is no longer a god. Faith is broken. the fiat is destroyed.
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the collapse of grammar meow would meow DESTROY our ability to communicate with each other meow. no one meow could take each other seriously meow anymore meow
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this doesn't mean that "mean people dont' care about MY MY MY MY MY depression! they don't care that i want to DIE rather than live in this world!!" it just means that some things are important than YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU
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