[henry quirk]

"The same price. Or lower, due to economy of scale."

Talking in terms of 'gold': I'm sure you're right...however: I wasn't talking 'price' in that sense.

The price I ask about is the price to one's 'self'.

For many, it seems, 'self' is an easy commodity to trade away.

For a few, 'self' is the first, best, property.

Gold is easy...'self' is not.

*shrug*

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"...a sense of community, of comradery, of friendship."

All: very nice...mind the price, though!

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"We rule!"

Yes, unfortunately, 'WE' does.