No
Interest in IVES
September
15th, 2014
David
Burton, the blogger who began the E. C. Riegel Blog
(ecriegel.blogspot.com) said
today that the drive to recruit delegates to a special private
conference to set up the International Valun Exchange Society (IVES)
as an organizing mechanism to spur development of a real alternative
currency trading network or Valun Exchange Network (VEN) had failed
to receive an adequate response.
After
meeting with close colleagues, Burton said that many factors have
contributed to his decision to curtail postings on the E. C. Riegel
blog for the time being.
One
concern was that an inadequate number of hits on the blog indicated
that far too few have an interest or have bothered to pursue this
alternative further, for whatever reasons. Some suggested that it
simply was not yet time for such an effort to get under way.
Burton
surmised that many are so caught up in just trying to survive the
present system, which is increasingly forcing people to deal directly
with it in terms of “various para-espionage techniques” to which
Burton noted that at this point, obviously most people are either
still unaware that they have been and are slaves, or that they prefer
being someone else's slave rather than exercising the
responsibilities and requirements associated with genuine freedom.
“The
degree to which most people still refuse to do their own thinking and
would rather rely on the 'expert opinion,' as bad as that is,
indicates that this effort would at this time be an uphill battle.”
He refused to comment further concerning any who had previously been
so vociferous, stating, “My e-mails have dried up. Those who did
the most complaining have disappeared.”
Burton
said that there had been two proposals presented to him in May and
June. The first consisted of suggesting that the initial transaction
representing the value of a Valun at inception should coincide with
the all time highest price in dollars for gold rather than Burton's
seemingly arbitrary choice of 11/2/2011. Burton said he would second
the motion at any bone fide
convention of the proposed IVES.
The
other proposal concerned a family credit system allowing families to
borrow at no interest a certain number of Valuns per child, 1,000
Valuns per child was suggested. Burton said he'd have to give the
idea some further consideration, but was not closed to the idea.
When
asked about the future of the E. C. Riegel blog, Burton said, “As
with anything that's new to most people, the avenues of entry are
frequently beset by various types of people of rather low character,
people who would in any other legitimate line of work be considered
cranks, losers, etc. If a truly honest person comes forward
attempting to present an idea to the public, they are generally met
with dismissive ridicule or worse. It's a wonder any real progress
in anything is ever achieved.” He remained hopeful that at some
time in the future more people would begin to understand the value of
Riegel's ideas and devise something based on them that might work
very well for most people.
“But,”
Burton said, “until the thing fails and much worse befalls a
woebegone humanity, few will wake up and understand their condition
or what must be done to escape it. The IVES proposal was obviously
one of those things whose time has not yet come.”
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