what use is the gold if the US economy collapses? Whose gold would it be if the gov't falls over? It kind of works if you have a place to run off too, but nobo

what use is the gold if the US economy collapses? Whose gold would it be if the gov't falls over? It kind of works if you have a place to run off too, but nobody in the federal government can just go take the gold and hide for a bit. The incentives are aligned so that the gov't does "the right thing" (stem the fall)