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Gold Wars
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Conclusions by a former Private Banker, Security Analyst,
Director of Gold Mining Companies, Monetary Historian,
Swiss Patriot and worried Citizen of the World:

World War III may have begun with the demise of the classic
gold standard of the 19 th century. If the countries at war in World
War I (WWI) had not hastily and foolishly given up the gold
standard, WWI might not have lasted more than six months, because
the warring nations would have run out of gold to pay for it, and war
taxes would have been resisted. I contend that WWI lasted as long
as it did because the gold standard was abandoned. Deficit financing
made it possible for it to last over four years, destroying capital
wealth, a rich cultural heritage and unnecessarily killing millions of
young soldiers and innocent people.


If WWI had lasted only six months, currencies would not have
been destroyed. There would have been no Versailles Treaty and no
German hyperinflation. The little understood Genoa Convention of
1922 was largely responsible for the boom of the 1920s and the
crash of 1929 leading to the crisis of the 1930s. Without the
mishandling of gold, there would never have been a Hitler. Neither
would there have been a Bolshevik take-over by the likes of a Lenin,
nor would Russia have had to endure a Stalin with even more
millions of innocents killed. There would never have been a WWII.
Ignoring gold led to the 1944 Bretton Woods system and also
to its downfall. Without repeating the mistakes of 1914 or 1922, we
never would have had an inflationary crisis in the 1970s. The oil
crisis in the 70s and the approaching oil and energy crisis of the
twenty-first century are primarily monetary crises. The suppression
of gold and the unlimited expansion of fiat money have led to the
monetary, economic and political crises and wars of the twentieth
century. The end of Bretton Woods gave birth to the ongoing and
future derivative crisis, which is at the base of what Alan Greenspan
calls iasystemic riskit. Because the world disregarded gold money,
the world?s crises were erroneously, but probably intentionally,
blamed on gold. That is why we have gold wars.


Financial markets can only function satisfactorily under a gold
standard. History has shown that monetary stability was best under
the automatism of the classic gold standard. Fiat money can only
lead to short-lived financial and economic booms. The end result is
inflation and embezzlement of savings at the expense of workers,
pensioners and the poor, who are unable to defend themselves
against the ongoing fraud.


Well functioning financial markets based on an honest
monetary system guarantee the creation of savings. Savings lead to
the formation of capital, and are a prerequisite for a steadily rising
standard of living. Organic growth in line with the growth of gold
mine production is what is needed, not growth of 10% and more per
annum financed by the creation of paper/electronic money.
Smoothly functioning financial markets with savings
channeled into productive investments bring the world economy to
its full potential, increasing employment on a worldwide basis. The
catastrophic problem of unemployment could finally be solved, and
the growing gap between rich and poor narrowed. It cannot be
solved otherwise. If there is full employment in the whole world,
there will be fewer wars, less mass immigration, because the world
is a beautiful place and its beauty is not limited to just a few rich
countries. People would not have to leave their home countries
where they have their cultural and religious roots. Mass ethnic and
cultural destruction would be a thing of the past.
Politicians should not use coercion, e.g., legal tender laws, to
interfere in the gold and silver markets. History has proven that the
free market has chosen gold and silver as money. Money cannot and
should not be based on faith and promises by government. Only
money based on what people freely choose as being trustworthy:
gold!


With honest money, people will have confidence in the future
efficacy of that money. But it is necessary that they take destiny in
their own hands and study monetary archaeology. What has gone
wrong, and why has it gone wrong? There is enough historic
documentation around, but unfortunately, it is not taught at
universities.


Finally, I would like to state that I feel that the world will
continue towards an even more precarious situation if nothing is
done. As technological advances of all kinds have shown, there are
plenty of brilliant minds in the world. There ought to be enough to
get us out of the present monetary dark ages.


This approach would lead to full employment and worldwide
prosperity and stability, as well as to a renaissance of culture and
morals. Law and order would experience a comeback. It would not
be the first time for this to happen. It would also lead to a better
understanding of human beings amongst themselves and it would
end most military confrontations. One historic experience is that
human nature never changes. Man will, therefore, always love and
respect honest business dealings with a medium of exchange thy can
trust: gold. Gold will finally win the war, but why not call an
armistice now? Let us hope this will happen before it is too late,
before too much time and too many lives are wasted.



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