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Oddly enough The Gold Standard Institute isn’t so much concerned
with gold, as it is concerned with the right to reclaim a decent and just
society.
The edifice known as civilization can only be built upon a foundation
of gold. That is an ageless truth
that applied to Roman and Arabic civilisation just
as much as it applied to Western civilisation. Yet though the foundation is crucial,
it is the edifice that we perceive and value.
The edifice that we strive for is a society where people trust each
other, not a society that requires surveillance cameras on street corners. A society where it is what people do
that matters, not who they know.
A society where we respect privacy and don’t poke our nose into
the business of others. A society
which adheres to property rights.
A society where law is the same as justice, and is equally applicable
to, and accessible by, everyone.
A society where we acknowledge that society itself is not a
homogenized blob of identibeings marching toward a
common utopia, but a group of individuals each with the right to their own
hopes and dreams and aspirations.
The Gold Standard Institute is not arguing to have gold acknowledged
as real money. We don’t
need to argue that case. Four and
a half thousand years of the rise and fall of civilisations
has proved over and over again that gold (and silver) is the only real money.
What we are striving for is to bring people to the understanding that
all that we hold to be decent and true in an individual can only blossom
under a gold standard.
The ability of people to honestly exchange goods and services is the
essential building block of any civilisation. Honest exchange requires a money with real value; a value that cannot be degraded
by politicians; a money that has constant value throughout time. The obvious corollary is that the
absence of honest money leads inexorably to a break down
of civilisation.
Today we suffer from a serious loss of individual freedoms. Vast data
bases collect and sift information on all of us. Our politicians talk of an ID card, or
even an ID tag to be placed under people’s skin. It is the intent of our governments
that they will always know where we are and what we are doing.
Is that the sort of life that we really want? Is that the sort of world that we wish
to leave to our children? Serfdom
and slavery were abolished in the 19th century under the gold
standard.
The Gold Standard Institute speaks directly to individual liberty, not
to the freedom of those in power to legislate how we are to lead our lives.
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The first de jure gold standard began in 19th century
England. The standard of living
rose so dramatically that people from all over the world demanded the same
rights to prosperity. By the end
of the 19th century almost fifty countries around the world were
on a gold standard. That included
all the major industrialized nations.
The standard of living for all people rose more in the 19th
century than in any other.
The Gold Standard Institute speaks directly to prosperity for
everyone, not just our political and corporate elite.
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The 19th century was not only the most prosperous century
in human history, it was the most peaceful. The governments of England, France and
Germany forced their people off the gold standard in 1914. Why? So that they could fight the
‘war to end all wars’.
Throughout Europe the flower of a generation was slaughtered for no
good reason whatsoever.
It didn’t stop there.
The most peaceful century in recorded history was followed by the most
bloody. Murderous wars of
‘liberation’ were fought all around the globe. Genocide and the disintegration of
whole nations were commonplace.
Free people do not start wars, only governments do that. Under a gold standard it is the people
who have the money, not governments.
Under a gold standard governments do not have access to the money
necessary to start wars.
The Gold Standard Institute speaks directly to you and your
children’s right to live a peaceful life.
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The Gold Standard Institute is not just about honest money, it is about what stems from the use of honest
money…
Liberty Prosperity Peace
And so we do what we must do.
Some of us are writers, some are speakers, some are organizers, some
are translators; others are financial contributors and fundraisers. All these roles are vital in what is
nothing less than a fight for the future of our civilisation.
If you see a task for yourself, whether mentioned above or not, then
please begin. There is no interview
for the job other than the one that you have with yourself. Liberty, prosperity and peace need you
to start immediately.
Philip Barton
Gold Standard Institute
16th October, 2009
philipbarton@goldstandardinstitute.com
www.goldstandardinstitute.com
You are welcome to join us.
http://www.goldstandardinstitute.com/html/members2.html
We send out a regular newsletter to our membership list.
If you want to know more about gold as money then view ‘Why
Gold’:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOvGbfdmT44
The inaugural seminar of The Gold Standard Institute is being held in
a few weeks in Canberra Australia from the 1st to the 5th
November. There will (I assume)
be a short break on the 4th to listen to the running of the
Melbourne Cup. To the best of my
knowledge it is the only horse race in the world that is celebrated with a
public holiday.
For bookings (the seminar, not the horse race) contact: Dr. Marcus
Matthews at:
feketeaustralia@gmail.com
Philip Barton is
the founder of the Gold Standard Institute
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