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Re:An Astrobiologist Asks a Sci-fi Novelist How to Survive t... by DanBC on Saturday September 13, 2014 @05:16PM (#8313609)
Who digs out the gold used to make the computer you typed your post?

People already live in poverty, with crippled totalitarian governments, to support you today.

I agree, it is evil.

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Re:An Astrobiologist Asks a Sci-fi Novelist How to Survive t... by TheSpiceIsLife on Saturday September 13, 2014 @08:13PM (#8314121)
The top ten gold producing nations are, in order: China, Australia, USA, Russia, Peru, South Africa, Canada, Mexico, Uzbekistan, Ghana [1]. So your statement doesn't hold.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_gold_produ...

Edit: clarity

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