"You did not nail up your chest
of buckskins when I refused to pay interest; the nature of your capital
made you willing to continue the negotiations. Not so the money-capitalist;
he would bang the door of his strong room before my face if I announced
that I would pay no interest. Yet I do not need the money itself, I need
it only to buy buckskins." (Gesell, A Story of Robinson Crusoe)
Even in the course of time money doesn't
lose its worth, the natural threats do not concern money and the money-owner
has the power to collect interest. This is why Gesell makes Robinson say
in the end:
"For Marx money is simply a medium
of exchange, but money does more, it seems, than ›merely pay the price
of the commodities it purchases‹, as Marx asserted. When the borrower refuses
to pay interest, the banker can close the door of his safe without experiencing
any of the cares wich beset the owner of goods - that is the root of the
matter." (Gesell, A Story of Robinson Crusoe)
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