Quote:
Originally Posted by todeen
It's historically accurate, as the breakdown of a collective govt devolves into regions of control. The Middle East's collapse with the Arab Spring brought rise to ISIS who took control of regions poorly managed. Even modern Afghanistan and Pakistan are kept together by a coalition govt willing to concede power to tribal/clan leaders in exchange for tribute. Most modern countries saw a strong leader rise that combined smaller kingdoms into a larger kingdom. Even as near as 1850, modern Germany and Italy did not exist. When kingdoms fall apart, local strongmen arise that can take control. While initial chaos happens, that chaos creates a power vacuum that brings rise to leaders - good or bad.
These new centers of control need currency. Why not silver coins in a region that is still a silver capital?
If a collective of farmers want to fill that power vacuum, so be it. But in Eastern WA, there are enough small highways to get to Canada. We have a single lane highway that runs all the way from Spokane to Nelson, BC. That's the road I would need to take to flee. It would be controlled by someone; possibly even a Native American tribe because it runs through their reservation.
Sent from my SM-G9900 using Tapatalk
|
In none of these examples, did you have a real lack of order. Those armed and organized and able to create some stability fill power vacuums. You did not have civilization ceasing; you got different government.
Collectives of farmers and Native-Americans charging toll fees for roads and everyone else peaceably paying it and adopting a silver standard as civilization ceases sounds like some hippie science fiction with no grounding in actual history. Nowhere in the history of the world has civilization collapsed and collectives of farmers and Native-Americans become the power brokers by virtue of placing a fee on a road. The absurdity of this should be immediately obvious. Europe in 1850 was not a fall of civilization and groups of peaceable farmers running an economy emerging from road tolls. The Levant in the 2010's was not a scenario of civilization crumbling and Native-Americans peaceably filling the void because they lived closest to a road.
I have nothing against investing in silver, but this is the most absurd reasoning imaginable for it. This must be a joke. Good luck with your silver road plan.