| Dark_Lord_2008 said: Unethical banking system supported by corrupt governments ensuring the majority of the power is in the hands of the lucky few elites. The world has existed for billions of years without money. Money is a human invention that has only existed for around 10,000 years. |
So true.
Yes, money has been around a long time but not as we know it know today. Usually money was worth it's weight in gold or silver or whatever.
A worthless piece of paper with a value on it is a relatively modern invention.
The first use of fiat money I think was started with the Romans and that didn't last. It went back to the value of the metal of the coin in Europe.
Paper money has only been use in the US for about 200 years or so and even at it's birth it was predicted to fail at some point as all fiat monies seem to eventually do.
Ultimately countries will fall from their heady heights, economies will collapse and people will carry on dying. It's a fact of life. Not wanting it to happen isn't going to change the fact that these things do and will happen.
@iFlow:
You are right. History shows that all big powers fall due to war and where mankind is concern war can never be discredited as the reason for future powers to fall as well.
About the baby boomers thing, with the high immigration going on in he US I don't see how this point is valid. If people have less babies there are still hundreds of thousands pouring in each year to negate this.
