A block of material wrung like blood
"Gold value is a kind of fiction, embodied by a block of material wrung like blood from a stone from vast tracts of the earth to end up in a vault, in the earth." (Liam Young and Kate Davies, ‘Unknown Fields Division’)
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In basic terms, the writer is saying that gold is a rock that is dug out of the earth and eventually stored in the earth i(n a vault). In other words, it comes from the earth and returns to the earth. It's a rather ironic thought, .
- In basic terms, the writer is saying that gold is a rock that is dug out of the earth and eventually stored in the earth i(n a vault).
- In other words, it comes from the earth and returns to the earth.
- It's a rather ironic thought, .
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In basic terms, the writer is saying that gold is a rock that is dug out of the earth and eventually stored in the earth i(n a vault). In other words, it comes from the earth and returns to the earth.
It's a rather ironic thought,
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