[107185] in Cypherpunks
Re: Y2K - other repercussions.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Tue Jan 5 05:15:27 1999
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 01:24:37 -0800
To: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>,
Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
Cc: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.990104214514.4209C-100000@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
Reply-To: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
At 09:46 PM 1/4/99 -0500, Rabid Wombat wrote:
>The currency of the post-apocalypse world will not be gold; it will be
>.223 caliber ammunition.
Nah. If the economy falls apart, we'll revert to relatively
standard commodity money. Cigarettes aren't illegal yet,
even in California, and they're a well-understood commodity.
If things fall apart a lot more, to the point that ammo becomes
an interesting currency, then other smokable material will
may also become a major part of the currency base, but unlike
tobacco, it doesn't come with government-certified potency ratings,
so a higher fraction will need to be consumed by the assaying process :-)
Meanwhile, remember that since Prop 10 passed, you should go out and
buy those cigarettes, because you're Doing It For The Children...
Thanks!
Bill
Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
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