Gold = yet another psyop

(and so are diamonds)

“So dawn goes down to day/Nothing gold can stay” (Robert Frost)

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Golden Globes, gold medals, solid gold, gold this, gold that — we've been heavily conditioned to want gold, fight for gold, and worship gold. If we fall in love, we're even supposed to “prove” it by spending big bucks on, yeah… gold. (Diamonds, too, but we’ll get to that later.)

While the word “gold” is often synonymous with luxury and we've been relentlessly programmed to consider it the ultimate gift, the truth — as usual — is an unfunny joke.

The Set-Up: Out of the 2,500 tons of gold mined each year, roughly 80 percent goes into jewelry.

The Punch Line: The amount of already-mined gold could satisfy demand for 50 years, but much of it currently sits in bank vaults and in old, unused jewelry.

FYI: Mercury-dependent artisanal and small-scale gold mining is the largest source of mercury pollution on Earth. 

Such work requires miners to dredge rivers to find small pieces of gold amongst the excavated sediments. Typically without much protective gear, the miners mix liquid mercury into the sediment to form a coating around the gold.

The mercury is then burnt off thus releasing about 400 metric tons of airborne elemental mercury annually. This is 35 percent of all global mercury emissions created by humans — more so than any industrial activity. 

Spoiler alert: Mercury is a neurotoxin that causes neurological damage in both people and wildlife.

Besides gold mining, mercury can be legally used as an ingredient in a wide array of products in the U.S., including:

• Thermometers

• Fluorescent Lamps

• Tattoo Ink 

• Dental Amalgams

• Explosives

• Contact Lens Solution

• Cosmetics

• Eye Drops

• Vaccines

Gold’s value [sic] is based solely upon our collective, manipulated perception, our willing participation in a toxic charade. Imagine if we stopped viewing natural elements as “resources” that must be immediately extracted, sold, and hoarded — while threatening our well-being in the process.

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On a similar note, the DeBeers Corporation of South Africa is responsible for the lie that diamonds are rare and valuable. They accomplished a monopoly through price fixing, false advertising, intimidation, and murder.

Then we have the phenomenon of “blood diamonds” in which the overhyped gems are illegally sold to fund deadly wars and other military actions. 

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Why should any of this matter to you? Well, if you see yourself as a truth seeker, that journey requires much more than sharing unvetted conspiracy videos on Rumble.

So, remember, you can opt out of the fake world of myopic, manufactured needs like jewelry.

But more importantly, every time you identify and accept how much you are being consciously deceived at every turn, it empowers you to rediscover the subversive pleasure of independent, critical thought. 

Hold the gold but please pass the red pills… 

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