re: #400 Linden Arden
The Gold Standard types rival Creationists and Astrologers for quaint irrelevant ideology.
For all I know RP fans hit the trifecta.
We used to have a lot of gold bugs here but they really thinned out at the time of the LGF creation wars. I don’t think this was coincidence.
The gold standard, the Federal Reserve, and dark allegations of monetary manipulation play a central role in the web of vintage conspiracy theories that underpin the John Birch Society and much of the conspiracy culture in general.