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by desine 1835 days ago
>Gaddafi had launched the idea of a pan-African gold dinar at least since 2002. He was killed in 2011.

True, and I don't claim it's fact (discussed in sibling comments) - just something to consider. But there's also a difference between floating the idea, and amassing enough gold to actually pull it off, and he was acquiring quite the stack from what I hear.

>Your suggested link between Ghaddafi's killing and "debt based fiat systems" is a conspiracy theory promoted by Russian propaganda channels like RT, but not backed up by facts.

There's that phrase again. Not everything RT says is a lie. I don't make the claim to know the inner workings of the global political elite. I just like to see which of my friends only get their propaganda from MSNBC/CNN/Fox, and which like to sprinkle in a little zerohedge and RT