{"id":1284,"date":"2017-05-21T08:28:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T08:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/bamidbar"},"modified":"2019-08-13T12:33:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T12:33:54","slug":"bamidbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2017\/05\/21\/bamidbar\/","title":{"rendered":"Bamidbar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Practical Midrash<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Thinking about secondary \u201ccurrency\u201d used to stabilize internal value (money) flow between gov\u2019t and citizens, such that tax is not a \u201cgift\u201d to government, but rather a loss-invoking investment (~renting stock\/bonds) which [i.e. ~reimbursement\/repayment\/dividends] has been capped according to the relationship between concentrated value (e.g. gold) and fundamental value (e.g. primary agricultural produce). This cross-current of value as a form of taxation will allow effectively low-interest loans (i.e. distorted market in ways that are designed), [[whilst obviating (hopefully) the need for such large currency reserves?]] >- half silver\/fire investment\/flourishing<\/p>\n

>> Rent exchange (i.e. equal value, ~, trans-stock-buy) between nations might also help with the math stuff, I don\u2019t know economics, re. Currency differences.<\/p>\n

Cf. https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_measurement<\/a> and Bamidbar<\/em>.<\/p>\n

From this, it might be argued that the \u201cnation-making\u201d exercise occurs as recursive-Mishkan<\/em> building penetrating the Zeitgeist, in addition to an economic \u201centry-point\/contract\u201d via fraternal utilitarian control of currency markets (but in a way different to traditional manipulations).<\/p>\n

The beginning of Bamidbar<\/em> thus suggests possibilities of \u201cnationhood\u201d being an ongoing occurrence and not singular events in the past. Cycles of cycles etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Practical Midrash: Thinking about secondary \u201ccurrency\u201d used to stabilize internal value (money) flow between gov\u2019t and citizens, such that tax is not a \u201cgift\u201d to government, but rather a loss-invoking investment (~renting stock\/bonds) which [i.e. ~reimbursement\/repayment\/dividends] has been capped according to the relationship between concentrated value (e.g. gold) and fundamental value (e.g. primary agricultural produce). 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