Prole, you are quite simply wrong on this issue.
Now, I'm going to have to pull out the big guns. I didn't want to, but I have to. You've forced my hand. Perhaps you've never heard of this movie...
Unlike the aforementioned
Goldfinger, which while definitely is a credible source of proof for the gold standard, lacks relevancy due to its age. But
Die Hard with a Vengeance is a
modern masterpiece that clearly states that the gold standard is a very real and ultimately necessary standard of value.
I will point to two - nay, three! - reasons why this movie proves the gold standard to be true. One, it is the brilliant Simon Gruber that comes up with the plan to steal the gold from the Federal Reserve. Simon Gruber is brother to Hans Gruber, who as we all know, is clearly the greatest homosexual and/or British villain of all-time. The bloodline here shows that the Grubers know how to steal and more importantly,
what to steal. The fact that Simon Gruber spends the duration of the film length fawning over gold proves that it has real value. Enough to decide
".... vhat country we vant to buy!"Second, the film has the greatest riddle of all-time. Simon gives John McClaine and Mr. Glass a 5 gallon jug and a 3 gallon jug to somehow make a 4 gallon jug... or else he blows up a park full of children and black people. To this day, nobody except John McClaine and Mace Windu know how that riddle is solved. I have seen the film close to 32 times, including with subtitles, and can still not figure out how to solve that riddle.
How does this factor into the gold standard? Simple. Any screenwriter smart enough to create a riddle so mind bottling, must know that gist of his entire script (a gold heist) must have significant value because he is
that smart. I mean, he wrote that fucking riddle. He obviously knows that gold is worth a lot. Like eight hundred dollars.
Last, but not least, the defining moment of the entire Die Hard series comes to a head when this brilliant child actor says quite possibly the greatest line in cinema history:
IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS! YOU COULD STEAL CITY HALL!What does this mean to you, Professor Prole (What are you a Professor of anyway? Not gold standard, I assure you!)? I'll tell you what. That this kid knows that the gold standard is worth more than City Hall! And if this kid gets it - why don't you?
Why don't you?
