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      21 year ago

      The Nixon Shock was the end of the Bretton Woods system (kinda sorta a gold standard) and the beginning of unlimited inflation we see today. Everything absolutely went to shit after Nixon, especially inequality.

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        81 year ago

        Is gold actually worth something though? Most of it’s value is also just because it lasts a long time and we all think it is valuable. And I disagree that things have gotten worse only since Nixon

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          21 year ago

          Sorry if I implied the world in general has only gotten worse since then. I was referring to the money supply and its consequences.

          Why do you say “most”?

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            61 year ago

            Gold has some value from use in corrosion resistant cables, contacts, or telescopes, but it’s mostly just an agreed upon store of value like any other currency