I was having a drink on the holidays, out at a student bar, having a great time... anyway; had a few. Got into a discussion with an old school mate, he is considered
'intelligent' - you know that whole deal, they study hard, play band, lack no street smarts etc..
(book smart)
Anyway, they were talking politics, or it got brought up some way.. this guy is doing accounting etc. Alas, he supports Obama - well, then I ask him; have you heard of Ron Paul?
"Yeah, he's a kook" "He wants to go back to the Gold standard"
- Probably not the smartest thing to say to me, after I've had a few beers.
Hahah anyway, the convo stays jovial, but eventually becomes a shouting match. LOL, it's hard to stay quite in the face of such ignorance.
- The Federal Reserve System, the central banks etc create the business cycle..
"No it doesn't. etc.. that's normal for Capitalism."
- But we don't have capitalism today, the very heart of our economic system is communistic
"He's a kook mate"
- What's so bad about the gold standard?
etc. etc... it went on.
Ended with me realizing we were practically shouting at eachother; and we weren't going to give in... He was going to leave, so shook his hand and said,
"Don't worry mate, you'll eventually come round." lol..
