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Militia Groups Creating Own "Currency"
On Dec 19 2009, 10:20 am, Bob wrote:
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/mi...ng-their-own-c... This story originated with the SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center). I have supported their work via donations ever since I used their reports on right wing terrorism for a class in regional and national security when I was completing a bachelor's. That said though, the SPLC has a very mainstream left wing view of the world, which, interestingly enough, I found to be shared in some respects by some Ron Paul libertarians. In particular, the SPLC accepts the unstated premise that only the government should be allowed to create money. The theatrical stunts of the militias are interesting, but only to people who understand a complex array of issues. For most people, Carl Sagan and Stephan Hawking are easier to comprehend than the Federal Reserve system. When you look at the broad, if spotty, success of community currencies, you have to accept the fact that the SPLC is not on the cutting edge of applied economics from a left populist perspective. My tree-hugging comrades on the Traverse City Bay Bucks Initiative (http://www.baybucks.org) had a clearer conceptualization of money than that evidenced by the SPLC. It might make an interesting ANA Educational Exhibit, "Moneys of the Modern Militias." |
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