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Should currency be replaced by chocolate ? This topic arose from a discussion between a group of highly esteemed an respected peers but any input would be greatly appreciated. First let me set the scene If you could imagine Geoffrey Robinson as he appeared in ABC's television series Hypothetical striding towards the camera in slow measured paces (which denote supreme worldliness and imply the words to follow will be authoritative and command a respect that few mere mortals could ever be worthy of) He is surrounded by a group that superficially appears to consist of educated free thinking souls but upon further scrutiny the group consists of 1 intellectual pier and is filled with sportsman or programmed industry insiders that can carry a conversation and deceive the general populace about their true motivations and intelligence whilst the host leads the discussion where he wants it to go. It pays not to overshadow your own intelligence too much when you are the star of an elaborate TV production (hoax) Next a common ploy would be to make a semi humorous joke that works on several levels which would be entirely non-humorous on each individual level but the combined synergy of the joke produces a minuscule chuckle from the one intellectual pier on the panel endowed with mental capacity to appreciate the unbeffiting attempt at humour, creating a Mexican wave type effect on those not comprehending the joke who don't want to appear stupid, that reverberates around the studio in an all too familiar fashion. Should chocolate replace our currency ? On preliminary investigation this seems to be preposterous, unfounded and possibly the product of a disturbed mind. But through the course of the evening we will see that this concept is in based in solid economic principles. In the course of our investigations we should first consider the primary currency used as a world standard and which until recently was seen as international benchmark that other international currencies are compred to as a point of reference - the US dollar or greenback as it is sometimes referred to. This green back is an abstract concept that no has basis in the physical world, it is not backed by gold, silver, bronze or any other precious or non precious commodity, it comes from no where and is tangible only by the credence given to it by debtors and creditors. When we compare this to chocolate we see a resource backed currency that has proven to remain stable in the midst of "unbacked" currency fluctuations. When the dollar goes up or down chocolate remains stable because it is a resource that is grounded in the real world, it is a commodity that can be traded or stockpiled and it's value is solid. When we compare this to the US dollar we see a currency that is backed by nothing and propped up by the theft of foreign assets. How long can we give our faith to this system of fictitious credit and debt ? If you borrow money the bank wires a series of ones and zeros into your account enslaving you to repay this fictitious debt with real currency earned through years of work and often times hard labour. When compared to chocolate this deception really starts to unfold and the devices employed become readily apparent. Chocolate is backed by chocolate and cannot be conjured out of thin air like the artificial currencies we are enslaved to. If I borrow a block of chocolate off someone I owe them a block of chocolate not a block and a half. Chocolate cannot be wired from one chocolate bank to another and then into the accounts of those needing chocolate. I could go on but I really need to eat some chocolate. Thanks everyone I had a good laugh today (yesterday), I'll never look at chocolate the same again.