>Call me dense. I still don't understand. What's the
>point of my giving you my bitpoints if it's not for
>something you have that I want or need? If you have
>something I want or need, what stops you from
>saying that, while yesterday that something was worth
>2 bitpoints, today it's 4? It's what vendors to now, why
>would that change?

You're talking about monopolies. They have the ability to dictate pricing because there is no competition. With bitcoins it's available world-wide. If seller X raises their price to 4 bitcoins, I might buy it if their wares are worth 4. If not, I'll go to seller Y who has it for 2.

Our industries are being taken over systematically today world-wide to create monopolies and gauge consumers. Oil, clothing, food, every staple. It's why we see the price increases. That, inflation, and purposeful mechanisms designed to dimish people's abilities as individuals to get aheaf due to taxes, regulations, fees, etc.

That YouTube video I posted "The Money Masters" explains it brilliantly.