Yes, but again even by your own admission, it has uses other than just currency.
Bonehead
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It's a sad attempt to get an instance that is trans-friendly defederated. Don't let the idiots win...
The point is that we understand the actual paper has no value itself. It's the commitment of the government backing it that has the value.
That paper is at least backed by the GDP of my country.
It was shiny, easily workable, and didn't turn your skin green. As a jewelry metal, it was much more valuable than as a currency. It had uses other than just money...
Gold is used in a variety of applications. You're likely holding a device filled with gold right now. Even before the computer revolution, is was still used in medical applications. There are tons of uses for gold that don't involve currency.
In societies outside the Federation, where they don't have replicators, things have value due to being able to use them for other purposes. Latinum has never been shown to be used for any other purpose except to trade. Its not clear why a useless material is considered valuable, except for the fact that its rare.
Yes, but beyond its scarcity, what other purpose does it have? Lots of things are rare and can't be replicated, but their value comes from the need to use them for some purpose such the ability to build other things that you wouldn't be able to build otherwise. Latinum has never been shown as anything more than a currency with nothing behind it to give it value.
Define "post-scarcity". You can't replicate everything (without programmable matter, anyways...), and some raw materials are needed to build the replicators. And latinum is a rare commodity, though I don't know why it's so value beyond its scarcity. Greed will always be there as long as some things remain scarce yet required for a functioning society.
Eventually, he was found strangled by his contraption.
Well it's only fitting that one of his inventions should eventually be his downfall. Unfortunately it's was the wrong one, and a little too late.
It's likely heroin. Easily smeared on paper, can be smoked as is or just eaten in a pinch. And being numb in prison probably helps a little.
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