To summarize, the kings of England and Holland, like the ones of any other nation, tried to stablish strict royal commerce monopolies but they couldn´t because the geography of their countries.
2013/12/19 Alberto G. Corona <agocor...@gmail.com> > Here I wrote something about this: Maxism Weberism is outdated: > > http://nocorrecto.blogspot.com.es/2012/02/maxism-webberism-is-outdated.html > > > 2013/12/19 Alberto G. Corona <agocor...@gmail.com> > > Hi Telmo.. >> >> Yes. >> The question of why spain/portugal lost the first world war against UK is >> very interesting, and I have my own conclussions that are deeply linked to >> other events, such is the location of the civilizations: why they appear at >> the border of land and sea, specially when this border is undefined with >> too much flat lands, lakes, bays, islands rivers and interior seas? >> >> >> 2013/12/15 Telmo Menezes <te...@telmomenezes.com> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Alberto G. Corona >>> <agocor...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> I used to say that historically, the increase of individual freedom for >>>> good and for evil came with the availability of more liquid goods that >>>> were increasingly difficult to fall under the control of others, including >>>> governments: from land ownership to urban mobile assets, to money to non >>>> physical assets such are practical knowledge in a specialized economy and >>>> electronic goods. >>>> >>> >>> I have little doubt about it. One case I'm interested in, because I'm >>> Portuguese (and you might be too, you're Spanish, right?) is the reason for >>> the success of the British Empire even though Portugal and Spain where the >>> pioneers in exploring the New World and establishing trade routes. I >>> believe they prevailed because the British crown acted as a venture >>> capitalist for businesses interested in exploring the new opportunities, >>> while the Portuguese and Spanish crowns remained addicted to central >>> control. This might be the ultimate reason why we're having this >>> conversation in English now. >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The Jew people know about it. They say that the only two things that >>>> you can carry with you trough the back door when the mob are in the front >>>> door are knowledge and gold (and probably artistics habilities). >>>> >>> >>> Even without the gold part, people underestimate the importance of >>> knowledge. I am convinced that if you took all of the money in the world >>> and divided it evenly between everyone, a good part of the people that are >>> rich today would quickly become rich again. Not because they are superior >>> in any genetic sense, but because they already know what to do and how to >>> model reality in an advantageous way. Any serious effort for increased >>> equality would consist mostly of spreading knowledge. Or, as H.G.Wells more >>> aptly put: >>> >>> “Civilization is in a race between education and catastrophe. Let us >>> learn the truth and spread it as far and wide as our circumstances allow. >>> For the truth is the greatest weapon we have.” >>> Telmo. >>> >>> That shaped entirely the jewish culture and in general the one of >>>> nomadic people. Now we have bitcoins too. >>>> >>> >>>> I think that one of the reasons for bitcoin credibility is that it is >>>> as difficult to control as any P2P system with no central server. >>>> >>>> >>>> 2013/12/15 Telmo Menezes <te...@telmomenezes.com> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 14 Dec 2013, at 23:42, TH Kaas wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> It's based on just as much as any medium of exchange. It's also quite >>>>>> convenient to use, especially for international transfers. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Right. >>>>>> >>>>>> A money is anything you trust, and which is hard to copy. Bitcoins >>>>>> might have an added value to the fact that we know more and more than the >>>>>> traditional banks are not playing the rule, and are hostage of >>>>>> corporatism. >>>>>> So, bitcoins are more clean. >>>>>> Although we have to be realist: bitcoins will be quickly taking in >>>>>> hostage too, as long as corporatism prohibition exists. >>>>>> >>>>> The objective value of bitcoins at the beginning was due to the >>>>>> illegal selling of drugs which reflects better the need than the legal >>>>>> big >>>>>> pharma economics. When bandits/mafia take power, illegal activity can be >>>>>> more representative of value than legal one. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I wonder. Bitcoins reached $1000. I don't think this valuation would >>>>> be possible without some big fish joining the market. I wouldn't be >>>>> terribly surprised if even politicians are hedging their bets and buying >>>>> bitcoins. >>>>> >>>>> If this gets to a point where we start being able to do business, buy >>>>> groceries and so on in bitcoins, then the stormtroopers will show up for >>>>> sure. But then it might be too late for them. >>>>> >>>>> Also, the cryptocurrency cat is out of the bag now. New ones are >>>>> popping up, litecoin, altcoin, namecoin, etc. Namecoin is an interesting >>>>> one, because it's goal is to generate a fully distributed DNS system. This >>>>> would decentralize the easiest attack vector for net censorship. >>>>> >>>>> Telmo. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Bruno >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Op zaterdag 14 december 2013 17:40:25 UTC+1 schreef Roger Clough: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The bitcoin is an international speculative cyber-currency >>>>>>> (based on nothing) that has been inflating rapidly in price. >>>>>>> I would be wary of investing in it because it can drop in value >>>>>>> just as fast as it is rising. It's probably a bubble. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVu626uOGE >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) 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