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Originally posted by jackinthebox
The idea has popped up in a few other thread that perhaps we are not "God's special little creature" after all, but may actually be an artificially produced bio-bot. Meaning that another more advanced life form created humans for some purpose, much like we work to create better machines and even A.I. one day. What if we are the A.I.?
Originally posted by jackinthebox
This would then lead you directly to purpose. What purpose would we serve to an advanced race of beings? Why would they go to the trouble of creating humans? What can we do that they cannot, or do not wish to?
Originally posted by jackinthebox
Mining. We are here to strip mine the planet of its minerals. Valuable minerals such as diamonds and gold. Everything else we do is simply infrastructure for our little mining colony on the edge of the Milky Way.
Originally posted by jackinthebox
Is this why the gold-standard was phased out incrimentally during the 20th century?
Originally posted by jackinthebox
Is this why everything of value seems to flow in one direction and disappear out of the reach of the laborers? Could this be why we have a terminally flawed economic system based on ever inflating debt? Is this bubble about to burst?
Aliens are not proven to exist.
Speculations.
Your statement would be true if majority of people worked in mines, but they don’t. Indeed only tiny minority works in mines, and only in countries which actually have mines.
It was done because it is much easier to manipulate with economy when you have fiat money.
Capitalism is not perfect. By the time to time capitalistic system fell into problems.