Jiang uses money as an analogue for successful alchemy by saying human beings already turn paper into gold-like purchasing power through symbolic intermediaries.
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Purchasing power
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"Okay, so that's a really interesting comment. Okay, and so how would Donnie respond to this? Well, you have the intention, but you're not..."
"No, no, no. But what I'm saying is like lead in the gold, right? If I add an intermediary step, which is like. Print..."
"...both into well, they both have value. You turn them into purchasing power, but you didn't turn it is into the physical components of..."
"...economy has been the biggest in the world in terms of purchasing power parity since 2014. While in Russia, we had... You know, after..."
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